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Looking for a new job or want to move up in your company? Lesa teaches you the tools and strategies you need to land your dream job, increase your promotability, and successfully navigate your career.

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033: Resume Reconstruction Camp

Most resumes I see, from candidates at all stages in their career, are what I call “data sheets.” In today’s podcast episode, I share some of the common flaws when constructing a resume, and how to instead present your accomplishments in an effective manner.

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Work Issues Lesa Edwards Work Issues Lesa Edwards

226: How to Prepare for a Difficult Work Conversation

Here’s the bad news: You can’t change anyone but yourself. Here’s the best news ever: You can’t change anyone but yourself. I don’t know about you, but when I’m about to have a difficult conversation with someone, I tend to imagine all kinds of worst-case scenarios. As a result, I often avoided having those difficult conversations…which meant the situation and my feelings continued to fester. Today, we’re going to talk about how you can prepare yourself for these difficult conversations to maximize your chances for success.

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Leadership Lesa Edwards Leadership Lesa Edwards

225: Solutions-Focused Questions to Ask Your Direct Reports

Today I wanted to give you some tools to help you with your direct reports. I utilized “Quiet Leadership” from David Rock for this episode. The idea of solutions-focused questions is that you are focusing not on the problem, but on the solution to the problem. There is no upside to placing blame; rather, you want to help your employee understand how they can do better next time.

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047: Taking Advantage of Your Company's Professional Development Opportunities

Not providing growth and developmental opportunities to direct reports and teams can have a lot of consequences. Probably the most damaging is that they decide to find development elsewhere and leave for another opportunity externally. In today’s podcast episode, I present seven tools for you to take advantage of on-the-job professional development.

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048: External Education Opportunities

In episode 47, I talked about taking advantage of your company’s internal training opportunities. I also talked about 7 strategies for creating one-on-one professional development opportunities for yourself, regardless of whether or not your employer has formal programs like these. Today, let’s talk about continuing your education outside your current employer.

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Career Management Lesa Edwards Career Management Lesa Edwards

050: Work/Life Blend (Balance is a Myth)

Think about it: Work/Life balance is like Work on one side of a teeter-totter, and Life on the other side. Rather, think of the Work/Life blend, meaning a delicious mixture of both where the Work ingredients are indistinguishable from the Life ingredients. In today’s podcast episode, I talk about how Work and Life can overlap in many manageable ways.

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