Elevate Your Career with Personal Growth: 5 Proven Techniques at Work, with Carrie Berg

Tamanna  7:45 

Why did Carrie choose to be an L&D leader?

Carrie Berg:   7:59 

-   Carrie uses an analogy of an eight-lane highway to describe her experience in L&D. She compares sales training to a two-lane highway, which can feel repetitive, whereas L&D offers a variety of lanes to drive down, such as onboarding, leadership development, mentoring, innovation, storytelling, and compliance.

-   Although the focus on establishing a learning culture and developing employees remains constant, as an L&D leader, she enjoys the flexibility to approach these goals in different ways. Despite obstacles along the way, Carrie finds the journey exciting and fulfilling as she helps others grow in their careers and personal development.

Tamanna  9:21 

Carrie’s thoughts on why employees fail to understand the correlation between personal growth and professional growth.

Carrie Berg  9:54 

-   While people may behave differently in their personal and professional lives, their core values and beliefs remain the same.

-   Personal growth is linked to professional growth as people generally want to improve themselves in both areas

-   There are many tools available to help individuals become more organized, complete projects, and develop themselves.

-   Every moment is a learning opportunity, and one can learn from watching how people interact in different situations, including at work and in daily life.

-   Personal and professional growth can be interconnected, and what matters is how one translates those learnings into action.

-   Self-awareness is a crucial aspect of personal and professional growth, where individuals need to identify their strengths and weaknesses, understand how their behavior is perceived, and work towards changing it to achieve their goals. For example, if someone wants to grow their sales, they need to assess their sales skills, understand how their approach is perceived by customers, and make necessary changes to achieve better results.

Tamanna  11:53 

Carrie’s take on how learning at work makes for great leaders.

Carrie Berg  12:36 

-   People can evolve their emotional intelligence and their ability to connect with others. She believes that acknowledging that everyone has emotions and feels differently allows leaders to grow and become better.

-   She used the example of people having different attitudes towards cars, where some keep their car spotless while others do not care about its cleanliness, but both methods serve the purpose of transportation.

-   Leaders who appreciate and validate different perspectives and attitudes can learn from others and grow. It is crucial for employees to understand that everyone is unique, and their views and feelings should be appreciated and respected.

Tamanna  15:07 

Carrie’s opinion on the role of technology in leadership growth and evolving from peers, specifically in terms of digital transformation, digital adoption, software adoption, and learning in the flow of work and ways in which people can incorporate technology learning into their daily lives.

Carrie Berg 15:42 

-   Learning through technology is critical for personal growth and professional development.

-   Using technology, such as browsing the internet or using software, is a form of learning. Individuals should be open to technology and use it to make their work easier and more efficient.

-   People should invest time in finding efficiencies by automating manual tasks. People should have a learner-thinking mindset and always try to find ways to make things easier for themselves through technology.

-   Learning in the flow of work is essential and encourages people to look up and learn about new technology when they encounter something unfamiliar.

Tamanna  18:40 

Carrie’s views on how companies can contribute to an employee’s personal growth.

Carrie Berg  19:07 

-   Employee is responsible for their own career growth and should not rely solely on their company to provide all the resources needed.

-   It's important for employees to take the initiative to find out what programs and tools are available to them and actively engage and learn more.

-   Many employees are not aware of their company's learning and development teams and the programs they offer, despite the efforts made to communicate with them through emails and intranet postings. Therefore, it's crucial for employees to take advantage of any resources available to them and seek feedback from others on their work and performance.

-   It is important to adapt to communication styles and receive feedback to succeed in moving up within the company. In her analogy, every employee is driving their car on an eight-lane highway and has the power to speed up, slow down, change lanes, and take control of their career growth without waiting for their company to provide everything for them.

Tamanna  21:22 

Carrie’s personal motto of success.

Carrie Berg 22:40 

Besides the work hard and being nice to people message, she believes in leaving people with a positive impression and learning from every interaction she has. She is of the opinion that adopting such a mindset will enable her to continually improve and become a more empathetic person.

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