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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

556: What Drives Your Career Growth with Korn Ferry’s Gary Burnison

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Decisions, Interview, Selfhelp, Fun, Speaking, Education, Careers, Skills, Money, Training, Meaning, Career, Thinking, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Success, Collaboration, Winning, Self-improvement, Mockaitis, Writing, Development, Wins

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Gary Burnison shares what professionals need to start doing differently to advance in their careers.


You'll Learn:

1) Three mindsets to accelerate your career growth

2) The overlooked elements that determine career fit

3) Why most meetings are meaningless


About Gary:

Gary Burnison is the CEO and member of the board of directors for Korn Ferry, a global organization consulting firm. He is also an author, having written several books on career management. His latest book, Advance: The Ultimate How-To Guide For Your Career, is an insider’s look on everything professionals need to take control and get ahead in their careers. 

He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg, FOX Business, and other major international news outlets. Mr. Burnison earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and holds an honorary doctor of laws degree from Pepperdine University.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast,

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the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills

0:08.0

required to flourish at work.

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Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:19.0

Hello, and thanks for joining us here for episode 556 with Corn Ferry's Gary Bernison. I hope you are still

0:25.4

doing well if you're working from home you are working from home with

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gusto and finding some grooves, some some flows some energy to stay productive and

0:35.3

healthy and optimistic in this challenging time and I think Gary's got some

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pro tips associated with learning a great thing to be doing during this window so

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you'll learn one the three mindsets to accelerate your career growth to the

0:48.4

overlooked elements that determine career fit and three why most meetings are meaningless you can check out the

0:54.8

show notes the transcript the links to as we've referenced inside your podcast app

0:58.8

players show notes or show description or episode notes or episode

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description wherever they call it.

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And if you can't see those clearly,

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because every app is different.

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Drop on by awesome at your job.com slash F five five six.

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Now here's Gary's story.

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Gary Bernison is the CEO and a member of the board of directors for Corn Ferry,

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a global organization consulting firm.

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He's also an author having written several books on career management.

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