Embracing Courage and Teamwork in Professional Growth

Jorge Alzate

Jorge Alzate is a senior R&D manager at PepsiCo, an active leader in Toastmasters, and an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. In this conversation, Jorge and I discuss what brought him to the podcast, how he utilized the Academy to help his career move forward, and the critical nature of courage for leadership growth.

Key Points

• One action a day (the blue marbles for Jorge) is the way to create a new habit that can develops into a skill.
• Accountability is key to move us forward, even if it does not feel comfortable in the moment.
• Courage is the ability to act in spite of fear — and almost always necessary before confidence.

Resources Mentioned

• Feel the Fear…and Do It Anyway* by Susan Jeffers
• Winning Conditions: How to Achieve the Professional Success You Deserve by Managing the Details That Matter* by Christine Hofbeck

Related Episodes

• Leadership Through Consistency, with Joseph Getuno (episode 490)
• How to Build Confidence, with Katy Milkman (episode 533)
• How to Protect Your Confidence, with Nate Zinsser (episode 573)

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