What the venture world can teach us about career management. Depend on yourself, not your company.
What Working in the Start-up World Teaches You -
Fred Moesler, CTO at Global Thermostat, gives his career perspective from a venture context at a recent Executive Roundtable.I love his perspective on two counts:
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Having your results tied directly to your actions is a good thing. It’s refreshing. It’s liberating.
- Your job security comes from you, your network and the personal brand you’ve built out, not from your company.
The reality is most big firms struggle with Executive Development. That's why trusting their development processes is fraught with difficulty. That's why Fred's advice make so much sense. Your job security comes from you, your network and the personal brand you’ve built out, not from your company.
At most firms, learning executive skills is still mostly done by observation. It's a lot like watching submarine maneuvers from the surface. You know there’s a lot of action going on, but you can't see any of it.
Directors and Junior Executives report to us that vying for an executive role feels like a “medieval apprenticeship.” They don't know what will happen next; and they can only just do as they're told.
The workshop below reviews what makes breaking into the executive ranks is so difficult, and ways to start changing your prospects, including:
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🪫 Why exclusive executive development programs don't prepare you well
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🎭 The gaps and issues with internal mentorship
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✋🏼 Common traps new executives fall into that halt their progress
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🥋The leadership skills executives must have, but are rarely taught, including those that companies don't want you to know
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🛠️ At least 2 tools from our Executive Mastermind that you can begin to implement for yourself.
Until next week,
Kendall -
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