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Balanced Black Girl

How to Find A Mentor + Career Tips to Help You Thrive with Lauren Wesley Wilson

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

#238: Contrary to popular belief, doing 'good work' alone may not be enough to progress in your career. For many of us, strategic moves are essential to propel our careers to the next level!

So in today’s episode, I’m sitting down with founder and CEO of ColorComm and author of the bestselling book “What Do You Need?” Lauren Wesley Wilson for tips on how to advance your career through building a strong network, delivering exceptional work, and making a lasting impact in your workplace.

We also talk about…

  • How Lauren overcame job loss early in her career to become a founder and CEO
  • Practical tips on identifying and approaching potential mentors in your industry
  • How to thrive in today’s job market
  • How to manage your time between your corporate job and side hustle
  • Navigating longevity and growth in your career


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:04.0

Thank you for tuning in to balance black girl podcast.

0:12.0

My name is Les, I am your host, and on this show we talk about all of the things that we're

0:16.2

balancing in life, whether that is wellness, relationships, our finances, and a big thing that a lot of us

0:22.3

are often balancing is our careers.

0:25.0

And I get a lot of questions about career advice,

0:28.0

navigating career pivots and career climbs,

0:32.0

and I have to say, a moment of self-awareness. I'm not the career advice girlie.

0:36.7

That is why I bring in the experts and the professionals who can help us all,

0:40.9

myself included, level up in our careers.

0:44.4

So I'm really excited to welcome my guest today.

0:47.4

Lauren Wesley Wilson, who is the founder of Color Com and the author of the new book,

0:51.8

What Do You Need?

0:53.8

Lauren, welcome.

0:55.4

Thank you for having me.

0:56.8

I'm so happy to have you.

0:58.3

So background for everybody who's watching listening.

1:02.0

A couple months ago, I was at a female Founders Day event.

1:04.8

You had a session at that event that I sat in on, loved it. I then came up to you and asked you to be

1:10.9

on my podcast. You were nice enough to say yes.

1:13.0

I'm so glad you did.

1:14.0

And here we are.

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