Thriving Through Career Transitions with Octavia Goredema

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht

Business, Careers

5.0 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode of Leave Your Mark, I speak with the CEO at Fire Memos, career coach, and author Octavia Gorodema, who shares her expert insights on navigating career transitions and overcoming obstacles. Octavia, who founded the Twenty Ten Agency and has worked with major corporations like Google and Nike, discusses her mission to help professionals thrive in their chosen fields. Known for her impactful career development work and Audible original series 'How to Change Careers,' Octavia shares invaluable insights on navigating career transitions, defining personal success, and actioning immediate career strategies. Highlighting her initial conversation with her clients about what success means to them, she emphasizes the importance of understanding individual career goals and the subjective nature of success. We discuss the challenges of career advancement, the necessity of recognizing one's worth, the concept of a 'portfolio career,' and the implications of workplace dynamics, especially in relation to management. Octavia provides: A six-step plan for preparing for career setbacks. Advocating for self-documentation of achievements. Recognizing the common mistake of underestimating one's worth. The power of energizing and motivating others to leave a lasting mark in their careers. Octavia also talks about her book 'Prep, Push, Pivot,' which offers career strategies for underrepresented women, dealing with changes at work, handling difficult bosses, and the mistake many make of underestimating their worth. The episode is packed with practical tips for career advancement, the value of tracking accomplishments, and the power of energizing others through one's work.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.
0:09.5	It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.
0:16.4	With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still
0:22.5	have time to post about it.
0:25.6	I always love connecting with women who are focused and passionate about building the careers
0:33.8	of other people.
0:35.2	And Octavia Gorodima, welcome to leave your mark because you have done
0:39.8	such incredible work. Oh, thank you so much. I'm so happy to be here. For everyone listening,
0:48.7	Octavia is the host of the Audible original series, How to Change Careers with Octavia Gora Dima.
0:54.8	She shares her expertise and her insights on navigating career transitions and overcoming
0:59.1	obstacles. And of course, she draws on her own experience as a career coach and author
1:03.9	of Prep, push, pivot, who has coached thousands of professionals to achieve their career goals.
1:10.6	She's also the founder of 2010 agency, which is a career coaching firm that delivers workshops and group coaching to corporations across the U.S.
1:18.9	Some of your clients, Octavia, are Google, American Airlines, Tinder, GM, Nike.
1:24.0	The list goes on.
1:25.6	And I think your mission, I mean, we're very aligned. You know,
1:28.4	your mission is to guide professionals to unleash their potential and thrive in their chosen
1:33.3	fields. And your book, Prep, Push, Pivot, Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented
1:38.8	Women was a finalist at the 2023 Audio Awards for Best Business Personal Development Book.
1:45.5	And of course, you're a LinkedIn Top Voice,
1:47.9	your regular contributor to HBO, and so many other publications.
1:53.1	And I think today, you know, we haven't had a really in-depth,
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