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Level-Up Your Career

By: Sherri Thomas Your Leadership Lab
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  • As a Forbes Coaches Council thought leader, Fortune 100 leadership coach, and President of Your Leadership Lab, I help professionals raise, re-build, and expand their leadership role inside their corporate world. I’ve successfully re-branded my own career 4 times as one of the few women disc jockeys in radio to host a morning show, to navigating up the career ladder through 4 industries, 2 Fortune 100 companies, and a roller coaster ride of re-orgs, new leadership, and company downsizing. While working 15+ years inside a Fortune 100 high tech company, I learned so much about branding myself, getting bigger leadership opportunities, and gaining the respect and influence of corporate executives – I was named career strategist and personal branding coach to our Fortune 100 company’s VP’s, Directors and high performers for 8 years. And now I help others do the same. I’ve written 2 multiple award-winning books and continue to speak at 500+ global conferences and company events including across the United States, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Kenya, Bali and Singapore. Download a free copy of my “leadership career scorecard” and learn about my one-on-one strategy packages at Your Leadership Lab at: https://yourleadershiplab.com/
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Episodes
  • Build your leadership reputation with these 3 power moves

    Build your leadership reputation with these 3 power moves
    Mar 31 2024

    I’ve been a Fortune 100 leadership and career strategist for the past 15 years, and one of the biggest mistakes I’m seeing professionals making right now… is leaving it up to their boss to promote their successes up the leadership chain. Why would put 100% of your professional reputation in the hands of someone else - like your manager? You need to own your reputation inside the corporate world.

    YES, you need BIG results to land a BIGGER leadership role, but these days you also need something else… and that is you need to have a strong reputation with company leaders - that’s the real edge. You need a strong reputation and a strong leadership presence with company leaders who can hire you, promote you, or influence others to hire or promote you.

    Recently I did a podcast about 3 INTERNAL moves you can use to build your reputation INSIDE a company. And today… I’m giving you 3 EXTERNAL moves you can use to build your reputation OUTSIDE a company.

    Did you know that when you have a powerful, public image - it can HIGHLY influence your reputation and career path inside a company?

    I’m going to give you 3 strategies to help you BUILD a leadership reputation outside the company, and these are just a handful of strategies that I give to my clients who are professionals moving UP in their career...
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    14 mins
  • 3 Internal Power Moves to Build your Corporate Career

    3 Internal Power Moves to Build your Corporate Career
    Mar 30 2024

    Hi there! I’m glad you’re here with me. I’m Sherri Thomas. There’s a lot of churn going on right now inside so many companies… re-orgs, layoffs, this revolving door of changing leaders, changing bosses - where you get a new boss every few months… all of this can really take a toll on your emotions and the exhaustion of having to build, and re-build your credibility all the time with company leaders and new managers.

    What I teach are things you can do right now to help you uplevel your reputation, your influence, your self-confidence - so that you be more of a decision maker in your own career and YOU get to decide who you want to work for and the type of job role and work you WANT to be doing. I want to help you get more promotions and leadership opportunities in your corporate career.

    Working the last 15 years with Fortune 100 leaders (including 8 years in HR at a Fortune 100 company as the lead branding strategist and leadership coach for VP’s, leaders, and high performers), has given me expertise into why so many professionals are able to move up the corporate career ladder so easily, while others stay stuck.

    And what I’m seeing through my own career and those of my clients - is that it doesn’t matter if you’re an individual contributor, manager, or leader – it doesn’t even matter what your job title you have - I’m seeing that the ability to build a powerful executive presence in front company leaders can significantly EXPAND or LIMIT your career growth, especially in changing environments.

    So yes, getting BIG results is KING when you’re going after a promotion or big salary increase. You HAVE to make a BIG IMPACT in your department, and that means get BIG RESULTS… but many times, that’s not enough. Many times, you achieve these big goals and stretch goals, and then nothing really happens. The big PAY DAY doesn’t come. So if this is YOU, and you’re feeling invisible in your corporate career, or a little bit under-valued, or under-appreciated…

    I’m going to give you 3 strategies to help you rise up from your peers, and build a bigger reputation with company leaders. And these are just a handful of strategies that I give to my clients who are professionals in the corporate world.

    So in this podcast I'm giving you 3 strategies you can start doing immediately to help you build a stronger reputation and get more influence and control in your corporate career...

    I’ve successfully reinvented my own career four (4) times and I fully believe that life is way too short to stay stuck in a role you’ve outgrown, or in a job where you feel unappreciated and under-valued. It’s your career, so own it. Learning how to strengthen and role model your executive presence can help you rise above your peers for more opportunities, faster promotions and a bigger, more meaningful career.

    f you want to become a client of mine and get PERSONALIZED strategies to help you break through a career challenge and take your career to the next level - then check out my website and personal coaching packages at

    YourLeadershipLab.com

    And this week when you come to my website - I’m giving away for free one of my most popular leadership tools that I use with all of my clients… which is my “Leadership Career Scorecard.” You can download it immediately, and in just 5 minutes you’ll know how company leaders measure you for a potential promotion… and you’ll see your “pattern of growth” and your “pattern of influence” and see what your HOT SPOTS are and what you need to jump on!

    But I’m only giving it away this week, so if you want it - you’ll need to grab it now.

    That’s YourLeadershipLab.com

    Thanks for listening. I’m Sherri Thomas, and I’m here to help you LEVEL UP your corporate career.
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    18 mins
  • 3 Steps to a less stressful, more meaningful career

    3 Steps to a less stressful, more meaningful career
    Feb 23 2024
    If you're tired of the fear of being potentially laid off, or if you're exhausted with the churn of new leadership and having to build and re-build your credibility and influence with company leaders, or if you're drained from the stress you're feeling from your job, then this podcast is for you! In 15-minutes, I'll give you the exact same 3-point framework that I give to my clients to help them identify a more energizing, fulfilling, and meaningful career. Hi there! I’m glad you’re here with me. I’m glad you found me. I’m Sherri Thomas, and what I teach are things you can do right now to help you uplevel your reputation, and your influence, and your executive presence so that you have stronger connections, easier relationships, and more control and opportunities in your career. You can be more of the decision maker in your career. One of the questions I get asked the most is, “How do I find a job that’s less stressful?” Or, “How do I find a job that’s more meaningful?” So in this episode I’m going to chunk it down, and share with you 3 strategies that I give my clients… and these are 3 areas you want to examine if you want a less stressful, or more meaningful job. All jobs have days of stress and frustration, but when you have this natural positive energy and excitement in your career, you’re better able to manage through tough days. So those 3 areas I’m going to walk you through in this podcast are - Are you working in the industry that best aligns with your personal values?Does the organization you’re working in fill you with pride? Does your job role inspire you.I’m about to walk you through each of those 3 areas. I’m Sherri Thomas. I’m a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, a Fortune 100 leadership coach, and President of Your Leadership Lab, and when I say leadership I’m not talking about a job title like a VP or Director. You can be an individual contributor, you can be a project manager, you can be any level in engineering, or sales, or marketing. It doesn’t matter where you are inside an organization. When I say “leadership” I’m talking about your personal leadership skills. Those qualities that help you rise up inside an organization and be heard and get noticed, and be valued and recognized for your special gifts and talents… so that you can get the promotion you want, the job title and salary that you want. Earlier in my career, when I was a communications manager I abruptly was laid off due to a re-org, and I was devastated. I couldn’t understand how I could do every, single thing my manager asked me do, exceed expectations, get a great annual performance review, and then get laid off. It didn’t make sense to me. And in that emotional tornado I was thrust in, I made it my personal mission that I would be re-hired into that Fortune 100 company, AND I would do everything I could to learn why some professionals get promoted and these great opportunities and climb the career ladder - while others stay stuck. That became my personal mission. I wanted to look behind the curtain, and learn, what those secret strategies are. And so that’s what I’ve been doing… I’m happy to say that I was re-hired and stayed with that Fortune 100 company 20 years… in fact, I learned so much about cracking that code of how to get hired and re-hired, and how to get promoted, and how to re-brand yourself inside (and outside) a company, and how to have easier relationships with company leaders and executives, how to get noticed, and be recognized and valued and appreciated… that I became the designated leadership coach for our company’s VP’s and leaders - teaching them how to brand themselves, and how to build a powerful executive presence, so that they could climb the career ladder. And today, I’m President of Your Leadership Lab and have helped over 10,000 professionals move their career forward. And I’m here today, because there are so many people coming to me unhappy in their jobs, like never before have I seen so many professionals this unhappy in their job… so if you’re feeling that way, just unhappy where you are… - then this episode is for you because I’m about to walk you through 3 areas in your career where you may be able to make some adjustments, and I encourage you to examine these 3 areas so that you can set yourself up for having a more meaningful and energizing career. So let’s dive into the 1st area… Are you working in an industry that best aligns with your personal values?Just because you have a job in a specific industry doesn’t mean you have to stay there. What I mean by that is… if you’ve worked in the finance industry for the past 10 years, it doesn’t mean you have to stay in the finance industry. Many skills transfer from industry to industry because almost all companies need great talent with IT, finance, sales, HR, marketing, customer support, data analytics, legal, business operations, project...
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    16 mins
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