Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
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Career Blast in a Half
A third of our lives is spent working. Our careers, a source of identity and fulfillment, can often turn on us and become consuming. We obsess about how to create impact and feel valued. How can I get back to skipping to work on Mondays?We struggle to feel purposeful and at the same time feel clueless about how to go from where are now to where we want to go. If you crave career simplicity and action you’re in the right place. Career Blast, In a Half is your 30 minutes of weekly simple, powerful and actionable career fuel to keep your success track no matter where you are in your career or what’s to come next.
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Good luck trying to define one pathway to career success.
Even the most successful, are so, because they know how change,
without a map.
Radim Malinic is that guy.
A self made renegade from the Czech Republic – author of seven books, all in Dad
and Founder of Brand Nu, one of London’s top Agencies,
serving clients like Google, Sony Music, Adidas, Sprite and Harry Potter.
Make no assumptions, his non linear creative background is filled with
career wisdom that applies to you or all of us.
In fact, he emphasizes that creativity, is not about being “a creative”.
It’s about thinking creatively and finding solutions, skills that align best with
More traditional, non-creative roles like CEOs and CTOs.
In this episode you’ll find out how to:
Embrace the Unknown:
Leverage the power of uncertainty in the unpredictable and unplanned pathways
Find Your Creative Compass:
Uncover what excites you, your unique experiences, and
apply them in innovative ways, regardless of your industry.
Develop Your Risk-Taking Muscle:
How to prepare for taking risks so it becomes easier over time.
Allowing the fear associated with risk to diminish.
Navigate Risk: Beyond Titles and Precedents
"No risk, no story". Why taking risks is integral to personal
and professional growth for unique and compelling life stories and experiences.
Master Constraints:
To lead to the most limitless creative solutions unburdened by precedent.
Connect with Radim
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandnu/
Company: https://radimmalinic.co.uk/
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call: https://meetings.hubspot.com/loren-greiff/discovery-call-loren-pod
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Most of us have been laid off in some way or another at this point in their career.
Most of us have also worked in work environments that zapped our happiness.
Being laid off, was one of the best things that ever
happened to our guest, Antoni Tzaveles.
He liked it so much he did it four times :)
My Clients say the same thing.
“Getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened to me… if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have the amazing life I have now”
So how can you experience a similar turnaround?
Antoni Tzavelas is the founder of Smiling Bowtie, a consultancy committed to creating productive, collaborative, and high-performing teams… elevating culture through positivity experiments to define each employee’s happiness blueprint
In this episode, find out:
How a bowtie positivity experiment turned a sad, stagnant office experience into happiness at work and inspiring positivity in others.
What are the five elements for happiness at work?
How do you check yourself when happiness values and mission at work are as important as putting food on the table?
What to do when you’re standing in the fire to regain courage?
Connect with Antoni
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonit/
Company: https://www.smilingbowtie.com/
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call: https://meetings.hubspot.com/loren-greiff/discovery-call-loren-li
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Snorting, dropping things…insert foot in mouth.
Think you’re awkward?
Henna Pryor is known for all these things.
Now she speaks on stages and authored the book
'Good Awkward, How to Embrace the Embarrassing
and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You
We kick it up this week breaking down the nuanced nature and cool complexities of awkwardness
Find out the good news of awkward:
How to embrace and own yours to lead to personal growth and success.
Why awkwardness is the necessary stepping stone to vulnerability.
How to build your 'awkwardness muscles' to cross the 'cringe chasm,'
When you should expect awkward to pop up most in your career
How “the pratfall effect” works to your advantage when you “step in it”
Connect with Henna
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/
Henna's new book: Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You
Company: pryoritygroup.com
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call https://meetings.hubspot.com/loren-greiff/discovery-call-loren-li
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
In Part II, Jasmin Alic is back with ultimate Linkedin masterclass in your career and job search:
Why you should forget posting and writing content, in just starting on LinkedIn
What to do when those you want to connect with aren’t posting and the hacks to get on their radar
How to scroll comments to find your ideal customer profile (ICP) and build the trust you need
And why Jasmin’s gives 100% of his strategies away and why you should too
Connect with Jasmin
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicjasmin/
Book a call with him: https://calendly.com/jasmin-alic/linkedin
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Jasmin Alic is proof that great teachers never stop testing and share what they’ve learned.
Based in Bosnia
Single dad
And a background of quitting LinkedIn in 2020, after only 5 days, he now has roughly 200K followers and posts that go viral in record time and a spotlight on worldwide stages.
Who doesn’t want to know how he does it..
And now, you can.
In this episode, find out:
Why Jasmin wasn’t willing to “is what it is” and quit his job to start from scratch
What happened when he ignored “what they said” to drive unheard of success in two years
How to budget your time when time constrained on Linkedin
The three things you need to optimize your profile and turn it into a one-shot landing page?
How to uncomplicate what you want others to do once they get to your profile
And this is just Part 1.
In Part 2 next week:
We get into more pro moves to maximize your time and overcome the most anticipated roadblocks to getting on the radar of those you want to connect with.
Connect with Jasmin
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicjasmin/
Book a call with him: https://calendly.com/jasmin-alic/linkedin?month=2024-02
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Everyone wants all the benefits of meditation.
But no one wants to do it.
Today, Steve Ware is the mindfulness expert who save businesses FORTUNES reducing burnout.
But he was like most of us: A cheeky cynic.
He thought: I'm too tough… too macho for mindfulness. And didn't tell even his closest friends or colleagues.
And then he experienced it, introduced it IBM, the land of suits, and lead it to some of the most stressed out executives there for 13 years.
If you’re in a job search or career, wanting to be more productive, clearer in your thinking, while still driving hard without burnout this episode is for you.
Steve knows a few (million) things about busy, stressed and anxious professionals.
Find Out Why:
Excessive thinking leads to burnout and stress with 90% of us, using our minds for repetitive useless thinking – processing 60 - 80,000 thoughts A DAY
The best moments of our lives coincide with a gap in the incessant stream of thinking.
We can’t stop our minds by just stopping our mind, it’s a skillful opponent we have to work with, not against.
Nothing around mindfulness is ever about beating your mind into submission or suppressing thoughts.
Mindfulness works like confetti when you piggyback what you’re doing with the attention of your senses.
Connect with Steve
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-ware-mindfulness/
Website: stevewaremindfulness.com
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
A Mercer’s 2017 Global Talent Trends Study found that a third of companies planned to flatten their organizational structure.
Why?
Studies show that flatter organizations are more efficient, agile, innovative, customer centric and effective at reducing costs.
Joy Meserve is a champion of flat leadership, where power dynamics are leveled fostering more inclusive, empowering, and collaborative workplaces without compromising profits.
That’s the whole point.
One does not cancel the other out.
And research backs that both sides, profitability and people win.
Tune in and find out why:
Flat leadership levels the playing field to empower teams, celebrate diversity, and prioritize culture are more profitable.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) vs. authoritarianism is the linchpin of leadership
The future of work is flexible.
Connect with Joy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymeserve/
Website: leadingwithjoy.com
Connect with Loren:
Book a Discovery Call https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
Get Your Free eBook: How To Access The Hidden Job Market
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
What you want from a recruiter
and what they want from you – often not the same.
You want them to hustle for you.
They want you to deliver and wow their client, the decision maker.
Adam Posner, the Poz rolls up his sleeves every day to broker relationship between top talent and top tier companies.
He knows what wins his clients over and what drives them nuts, mixing
equal parts tough love and empathy:
Find out:
Why keywords aren’t the answer and where the pedal hits the medal
The three things every candidate needs to do to cut through the heaps of applicants
What companies are NOT looking for and what successful candidates “smell like”?
His four P’s – the keys to relationships, especially with recruiters.
His skinny on ageism (in tech and other industries) known for young and fresh
Connect with Adam Posner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjposner/
Website: http://www.nhptalentgroup.com
Connect with Loren:
Website: https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
The notion of self care is often met with a raised eyebrow.
Some of us (including me) have been programed to drive so hard that over productivity is normal and confusing self-care as self indulgent.
No one gets this more than Randi Braun. the Wall Street Journal’s Best Selling author of “Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work.”
In this raw repartee we uncover:
The myths of low work libido affecting men and women that lead to burnout and dissatisfaction
The never heard before explanation of hustling vs. hussle culture
The five biggest self-care myths
Cumulative effects of self-care on ourselves and impact of our relationships and work culture.
Tips on how to hold yourself accountable to your self care
Bonus: (tissues not included)
Randi shares her raw recount of her a near death “drunk” experience going through not one but six lanes of traffic… only to realize that she had neglected her own best self care advice.
Connect with Randi Braun
Website: somethingmajorcoaching.com/
Get her book: https://www.somethingmajorcoaching.com/book
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randi-braun-312a5423/
Connect with Loren:
Website: https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Part II of Storytelling Is Everything
Does not disappoint!
Find out:
How storytelling works like fortune telling for power, permission and authority
How to tap into the inner vs. outer story
What the #1 determinant of success is and how it relates to storytelling
How to take control of your story in times of uncertainty and AI disruption
Why storytelling is must to be a leader beyond the job competencies
If you haven’t listened to Part 1,
Do that now, and come back!!
Who’s Michael?
Michael Margolis has been working deep inside the most influential companies including:
Google, Facebook, Uber, Microsoft, Shopify and more,
to help executives build the narratives that drive decision-making to their biggest initiatives.
Connect with Michael Margolis
Website: https://www.storiedinc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmargolis/
"Narrative Change" Course: https://maven.com/storied/narrative-change
"Narrative Influence" Course: https://maven.com/storied/narrative-influence
Book: Story 10x https://www.storiedinc.com/story10x/
Connect with Loren:
Website: https://www.portfoliorocket.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/
Email: Loren@portfoliorocket.com