Sharpen: The Podcast for Young Professionals Kirby Green

Introducing yourself is your first chance at a good impression. This episode will help you polish your elevator pitch and get a leg up on introductions.

Sometimes it's better to create habits than to set goals. What are your habits every day? Week? Month? Quarter? Year?


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When you are a young professional in the workplace or about to graduate college, you hear “just get in there and take initiative” or “we are looking for employees who know how to take initiative”. However, this is rarely a discussion we’ve had in college or beyond. What does that mean? What are some examples? What if this isn’t my personality? We’ll talk about these questions on this episode.

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Sharing your work is a proactive step in communication that you can develop early on in your career. This is a great way to share progress and learnings with your team, manager or boss, and the people you serve. The application looks vastly different by industry and individual so take liberty in deciding what this looks like for you.

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Kirby shares what she loves about the book “How Will You Measure Your Life” and the mention of two different strategies for life. These are especially helpful for young professionals in the first ten years of a career.

HERE is the book

HERE is further reading about this topic

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In this final episode of the Back to Basics Series, we talk about the importance of recognizing milestones in the workplace as a young professional. We often go through the first years of our careers without recognizing the progress made. This is a great episode for people leaders who work with young professionals to be reminded of the milestones that do take place.


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