04. Building Your Leadership Career Board of Directors

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Leading Her Way podcast, hosted by Dr. Nicole. In today's episode, Dr. Nicole delves into a crucial aspect of your leadership career journey: building your career board of directors to ensure your success. She addresses the common mistake made by many women trying to advance their careers alone.

Sharing her personal experiences, Dr. Nicole highlights the significance of mentors, bosses, development programs, and coaches in her own career growth. She emphasizes that we are not meant to navigate our professional lives alone and encourages listeners to seek help and support as an intelligent move to leverage available resources.

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In today's episode, we cover the following:

• Dr. Nicole Bryan's background and journey from Brooklyn to becoming an executive. (01:05)
• The importance of having people in your corner for career support (02.08)
• Leveraging your Career Board of Directors (04.52)
• Building trust with Career Board (06:22) 
• Be Comprehensive when you are picking your board of directors (08.21)
• Include your boss as part of your career board (10.19)
• Have some people that you can trust and advise you(13.41)
• Difference between a mentor and sponsor (15.53)
• Having regular board meetings (17.14)
• Leverage individual board members depending on their expertise (18.57)
• You don't need to be lonely building your career board of directors as a senior leader or an executive (20.45)

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Resources mentioned:

Listen to Episode 03:  5 Key Lessons For Leaders Who Want More From Her Career

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