Ep. 76 - Career Pivoting: Starting Small and Methodically Shifting to Create Momentum - with Jenny Blake

As we begin Season 4, we face a work landscape that has been drastically altered by the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve had to change how we work on a macro and micro level, and many people have also had to seek new jobs in new industries, changing the type of work they perform. In fact, this shift is so prevalent that 2020 has been deemed the year of the pivot by The New York Times.

More people than ever are asking the question, “What’s next?”

Pre-COVID-19, a pivot occured when a worker hit a career plateau, usually, but pivoting has now become a necessity for countless people. With that in mind, our first podcourse of this season is with Jenny Blake, a career and business strategist, international speaker, and the author of “Pivot,” a step-by-step method to help you map what's next. It’s a strengths-based approach that emphasizes doubling down on what is already working to shift into a new, related direction.

Jenny has pivoted many times, from studying political science, communications, and computer science at UCLA to becoming the first employee at a start-up in Silicon Valley. She later worked at Google, where she spent over five years in Training and Career Development as the company skyrocketed from 6,000 to 36,000 employees, while also writing her first book, “Life After College.” Jenny left Google in 2011 to take her consulting business full-time.

In this episode, she shares her strategies, advice, and insights on pivoting, which are more important than ever.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/76

Resources:

• Pivot with Jenny Blake
• Pivot Method Resources
• Author Toolkit

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