#113 Breaking Through to Senior Director within 22 Days With Confidence

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Hello, my gorgeous listener on Happy Wednesday. I hope you’re doing well. You’re very welcome back to the 360 leadership podcast. I’m your host, Lucy Kernan. And I am in a really, really good mood this week, because it’s my birthday. It is my birthday, I am the grand old age of 43. And you know what? It’s true what they say life truly does begin with at 40. My life literally changed when I turned 40. So I am loving my 40s every single bit of them. So I hope, whatever period of your life you’re in, if you’re like me and your loving life, I hear you, I feel you. And if you’re not quite there yet, I want you to know that it is so possible for you. Okay, so it’s impossible for you. So I’m in super, super good form. When I was thinking about what I would cover on the podcast today, I thought about sharing a story of one of my clients who is a member of 360 liters club who really has an inspiring story to share. And I’m obviously not going to name her because she’s a bit shy. And she would rather be anonymous. And that’s one thing you should know, actually, if I ever share stories on this, I’m doing it with permission, I would never share a testimonial or anything because not everybody is okay with that. But anyway, I really value when people do but this particular lady, I knew that she would want to keep it confidential. So this is all about how one of my members broke through to senior director within 22 days with total confidence. So basically, I’m going to back up so she was at a director level. And she is in 360 theaters club and she joined us because she really felt like she had lost her mojo. She was

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at director level and she wanted to change she wanted to develop herself her skills and focus on her career progression. So she knew that she wanted to move to senior director level. And also she wanted to learn how to concentrate on herself and promoting her career aspirations. She said that she was feeling a little bit jaded, she was feeling a little bit cynical, she was working long hours just getting through it. And then her company did a bit of a reorg there was lots of job losses. But there was also lots of opportunities. And she realized that if she didn’t get her mojo back this her words, she knew she’d end up being left behind in a role that you didn’t really enjoy anymore. Now, she said that she typically ended up doing a lot of work while the lads get ahead. And this happened a lot. Can you relate? Are you the kind of person who does a lot of work, putting the head down, you know, typing so far, so just small coming over the laptop, back to back meetings, working your little butt off, and then the boys are getting ahead, because I see that a lot. And so my client decided enough was enough. And she so happened to be having a conversation with her friend who had known about me, and she advised her to take a look. We had a chat and she joined 360 liters club, and the rest is history. And so she said that when she joined when she made the investment in herself and committed to actually putting herself first, she said that she was spending a little time thinking about herself and her career and about what she wanted. Now I’m going to pause on this piece because I think it’s so so important. Most of us go through life until we know better, allowing others to lead us

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allowing others to dictate what roles we go into when we get promoted. What time we finish workout. All of these things. And I don’t want you to live your life that way. Because there’s a way you can be collaborative and you can do your job and you can be you know, a team member to deliver for for your organization. Because I think that’s super important. I really value professionalism. I value achievement. I love the thrill of achieving targets. I’m not talking about you going oh FAK and I’m just going to put everyone off for Ellsberg myself first don’t forget every

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Buddy, that’s not how it works. It’s actually the total opposite. Because when you put yourself first, you kind of get off the hamster wheel. And you can see things for what they really are, you’re not stuck in the doing in this momentum of continuous work, and you get to be strategic. So that’s exactly what my client did when she joined 360 liters club, okay. And she really said that she wanted to as well, as well as the progression piece, she wanted to take the time to get healthy, because she realized that she all she really did really was work. Look, after the kids had our husband and all that stuff. She had obligations to her friends, her parents or in laws, but she never invested time or money in herself, really. And that’s something that is all too common. Boss, she joined 360 liters club, and she got her mojo back. And when you join, you get access to my 360 degree Success Path training. It’s an instant access training, where I walk you through the seven key pillars of 360 degree success. And I know them because I’ve lived them. I am a living testament of what’s possible when you do these seven things. So I’m sharing lots of my secrets in that instant access training on one of those pillars is about vision and goal setting. So one thing I love, and one thing I’m known for is giving you tools, I love having tools and templates and resources to make things easy for you to take the guesswork out of it. So she was using some of my tools around setting her goals and her vision. And she applied for a senior director role. And she did one interview when I didn’t realize and then we were having a coaching call. And she told me that she really didn’t think she was going to get this job. So first of all, she was discounting herself. She said I applied for it, I did the interview and probably not going to get it. So immediately when I hear anyone say that I’m your best friend, because I will flip that around so fast, you will not know what has happened to you. So I literally was like, Okay, well with that mindset, you’re not going to get there. Why don’t you deserve this? Why? Why can’t you have this, I invited her to imagine herself in the role and we did some coaching. And for her she realized that her confidence was huge. And she also realized through our coaching, that she was rushing a lot. And as somebody who personally would have spoken really fast too. A lot of the reason I used to do that is because I was afraid to own what I was saying. And this lady was the same it was like rushing, get it out so I can just go back in my box. But people like that sometimes they’re actually often misinterpreted as being like know it alls or wanting the limelight when actually in my experience, it’s actually the opposite. So what ended up happening with her, we did some work on her confidence, I gave her some tools, I whipped her mindset back to where she could see like I could see this lady was amazing. I can see this is like I think it’s my my second top strength is beauty and excellence. I can see the beauty and excellence in things way quicker than than other people. And when I see you, I see a powerful woman, I see a woman who has so many gifts to give to the world. I see somebody with such huge potential, I see the sparkle in your eyes, I connect with people on an energetic level, as creepy as it sounds, I really, really do. And I have a gift in that I’m able to help you to see that. And when you see that, oh, everything changes. And it just makes me so excited. So anyway, she ended up having three interviews, first interview was with the big boss, and they were going over her experience and why she wanted the role. And then there was a second panel of four. And then there was a third interview with the VP and HaTorah were there. And literally 22 days after between all of this between us having the coaching, she got offered the job after we worked in her confidence. And her VP actually asked her this is what I was asking her. I was texting on LinkedIn, I was like, Do you mind if I share her story? And can you just tell me like a few bits about it. And she said that the VP asked her when she was offered the role. Why the jumping confidence between interview one and three. And it was because she talks to me about it and I was able to help her see what everyone else could see. I was able to help her to own her worth. And she went into the interview. The third interview feeling really, really strong. She stated why she wanted the job. She spoke slowly she owned her worth she, you know really use those influential skills. I was teaching her as well around how to communicate as a leader and how to get your point across and how to bring people along in your vision and executive presence and all that good stuff. And they really, really noticed it and that made me so happy. And she said from her like her interpretation of the whole thing was that

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It seemed at the start that they wanted her for the role, but she could tell that her rushing and her lack of confidence gave them doubt. But now she since she works in her confidence and since she brought that to me in 360 liters globe, I’m I was able to give her the tools and the the empathy and the compassion and the fire in her belly in the support. She is now in that senior director role. She’s feeling happier, she’s being recognized.

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And she’s investing now, in developing her leadership skills through working with me inside 360 liters globe. And most of all, she’s found her mojo, again, how she has been viewed as different. How she’s showing up is different. And people are noticing, which is so so amazing.

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So I asked her like this this story is is very common, especially with you know, a lot of women who would work in large organizations where you kind of have the golden handcuffs where they kind of have you you do like the culture, the pace is very fast, and you kind of it’s close enough to home and you don’t really want to move roles. So they kind of know that they have you, right? But what can happen there is that you can lose a part of you,

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you can lose a part of yourself. And what’s really important is that you realize that you only have one life, and we are here for a very, very short time. So it’s always my joy and my privilege when I’m able to support people to get their mojo back as the first step. And then we get into all the leadership skills, then we get into the people skills, then we get into time management and anything I can do to support you in your role, I will do it. So I asked her, I said What advice would you give to my podcast listeners? I said, What advice would you give to those women who are listening, who wants to progress and who are kind of feeling stuck or don’t really know where to turn and she said, if I was to give, I’m just reading it out. If I was to give advice, it is to not slip into the getting through this mentality. Years go by so quickly. When you feel like that. We have to have fun. It can be hard, but when we have it, we have to enjoy it when we can.

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And that, for me, is so so important. As much as you know, I’m all unprofessional. And I believe me when I say I get shut down and I support you like we have a bit of crack along the way. Because like, what’s the point in like, invest in yourself to do a really serious course you want to dread going into No, that’s just not how I roll. So I want you to know that if you want to accelerate your career progression, if you want to work on your leadership skills, if you’re ready to invest in yourself, I have a very, very exciting invitation for you. Because it is my birthday week, I have decided to open up five spots inside 360 leaders club. And not only that, but I decided to do a birthday bonus bundle, there’s a birthday bonus bundle at the alliteration love it until the end of February. So when you join 360 leaders club, you are going to get access to obviously me as your personal coach, you’re going to get the community, you’re going to get access to the 360 degrees Success Path, you’re gonna get access to my amazing guest experts on all the past recordings, our private members only podcast, every tool tactic resource that you could ever need to solve only people related problems, and then some in work, you will get access to my library, okay. But on top of that, you’re also going to get a private one to one career progression strategy session with me, which is worth 495 Euro, you’re going to get a mindset assessment with personalized tools so that you can understand those mindset blocks that are stopping you. And then once I know them, I can support you to move through them too. And then you’re also I’m going to also give you access to my powerhouse Leaders Academy, which is my arsenal of tools packed full of tools and leadership, productivity, perfectionism, career mindset, like there’s so much stuff in there. And if you want to accelerate your career progression, there’s a pretty good career module in there as well where there’s lots of like tools and things that you can use to figure out your next career move to move to hone in on your strengths. Like there’s just so much in there. So not only you’re gonna get all the standard stuff, you’re gonna get lifetime access to that repository as well. So if you’re as excited as I am, my birthday gift to you is to give you my birthday bonus bundle. I am so privileged and happy to see all the results that the ladies are getting inside 360 And if you’re ready to invest now is a really, really good time. So how you can do that is you can go over to my website, you can go to 360 leaders club.com And you can submit an epic

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