#2 – Coaching, gig economy & finding your passion with Cecilia Gorman
Update: 2018-02-11
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Cecilia Gorman, Biography
Cecilia hails from the advertising industry, where she spent 20+ years in creative production, HR and recruiting. Her life-long love of learning plus a knack for coaching others ultimately turned her career into one as a professional speaker and trainer.
Cecilia is a certified Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team and the owner of Creative + Talent + Partners, a training consultancy. She’s also the co-founder of Empowership, a year-long training and mentorship program designed exclusively for women. It’s her mission to inspire, educate and motivate people toward their greatest potential.
You can follow Cecilia on Linkedin, & learn more at www.creativetalentpartners.com
Cecilia’s Secret to Success
Links to References Discussed
- Y&R Advertising
- Innocean
- Mad Men
- InDesign
- John Maxwell
- Warren Buffett
- Empowership
- The One Thing (book)
- 7 – Minute Workout
- Daily Journal
- Darren Hardy
- Ceciliagorman.com
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Show Notes
- 2:40 Intro to Cecilia
- 4:58 How Cecilia began her career in Advertising
- 8:21 Stepping into the HR field & training & development
- 13:03 Knowing if a role is right for you
- 14:32 Stepping away from a role that’s not right for you
- 15:50 Learn as much as you can in the role you’re in, even if it’s not your ideal role
- 17:16 Learn the other departments around you, before you consider leaving the company
- 18:18 What leaving too many jobs too soon can me
- 18:53 Gig economy & learning new skills
- 20:02 Punch cards and opportunities in life
- 20:52 Focusing on helping people
- 22:35 Stepping away from corporate world & becoming an entrepreneur
- 24:30 Common failures in new managers
- 26:25 The one top for recently promoted managers
- 28:35 Advice for an employee with a new manager
- 30:58 Empowering programs
- 31:31 Women empowering and coaching
- 34:35 First step and setting goals
- 36:03 Frustrations without a plan
- 36:36 The set-up vs execution of a plan
- 37:56 Steps to setting up a plan
- 39:33 How consistence in one act helps success
- 40:57 Staying up to date on world around
- 43:06 Rapid fire questions including
- Time Wasters
- Managing social media and noise
- Favorite apps for productivity
- Tip for more productivity
- Rising early vs going to bed late
- 50:45 Final thoughts for success
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