296: Shifting Her Career to Follow Her Passion Gives Sense of Authenticity

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Joanie Connell always liked making things and solving problems and was fascinated by the math and science behind how things work. With her electrical engineering degree from Harvard, Silicon Valley seemed like the perfect place to launch her career. After staying up into the wee hours of the morning debugging circuitry, for days on end, however, she had to face the hard truth…. She earned a doctorate in psychology from UC Berkeley and now specializes in leadership assessment, development and retention for all levels. She is also an executive coach and the author of "Flying Without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life."

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 296. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.5	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered
0:22.0	her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:28.5	Joni always liked making things and solving problems and was fascinated by the math and
0:32.6	science behind how things work. With her electrical engineering degree from Harvard, Silicon Valley seemed like
0:38.5	the perfect place to launch her career. After staying up into the wee hours of the morning debugging
0:43.4	circuitry for days on end, however, she had to face the hard truth. Today, I'm delighted to bring
0:49.2	you our featured guest, Dr. Joni B. Connell. Welcome, Johnny. Hi, it's nice to be here. Thank you, Don. Thank you so much.
0:57.5	Joni, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Yes, I think I really am.
1:02.0	All right. Well, we want to hear the entire story. Joni B. Connell, PhD, is the founder of
1:07.8	flexible work solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in leadership assessment,
1:13.1	development, and retention for all levels.
1:15.5	She teaches at top universities in the nation, including UCSD.
1:19.4	She's also the author of Flying Without a Helicopter, How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life.
1:24.9	She received her doctorate in psychology from the University
1:27.8	of California, Berkeley, and her bachelor's in engineering from Harvard University. So,
1:33.2	Joni, that's the summary of your career right now. Tell us what you're up to now that has you
1:37.2	engaged and excited, if you will. Sure. Yeah, I guess a couple of things I'm doing right now.
1:42.6	It's essentially working with people to help them be successful in their careers. And I do that as an executive coach. And I work with people who are high level in organizations to be better leaders. And also I do that work with younger people. And it's taking some of the lessons learned and working
2:01.1	with these successful people in organizations and how to prepare younger people for the workplace
2:05.8	and teaching them some of the life skills that are necessary to be successful at work like being
2:13.2	resilient and being able to communicate those kind of things and it's just so rewarding to be able to help people do their jobs better.
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