4. How to Grow Your Career and Build a Path to Professional Success

Alexis and Sara Shookus, a Director at Google, discuss strategies on how to grow your career and share stories about their journeys.

Alexis begins by describing the three stages of career advancement from a talk she developed while she was still at Google, that went viral internally:

1. Do amazing work
2. Elevate others
3. Make others notice

Sara then joins the discussion, and the two share insights and reflections based on their experiences at Google and beyond - addressing the performance review process, career moves, personal branding, and balancing career aspirations with the demands of motherhood.

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In this episode:

• [2:13] 3 elements for high ratings and promotions
• [3:50] Do Amazing Work
• [7:24] Elevate Everyone
• [12:17] Make Others Notice
• [16:26] Alexis' reflections on guiding others in their career
• [17:53] Sara Shookus: welcome & background
• [22:44] Sara’s reflections on career progression
• [28:25] Does Sara’s experience align with Alexis’ model?
• [36:14] How to make horizontal career moves
• [39:01] Skills people over-index on
• [47:50] Balancing motherhood and career aspirations
• [55:38] “Power Moves” - trajectory changing moves
• [1:04:52] Overarching advice from Sara & Alexis

References:

• Brene Brown: The importance of vulnerability
• Tanya Reilly: GLUE work
• Jenny Wood: Wild Courage
• Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about

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