EP35: Four Key Relationships That Accelerate Your Career and Leadership

Who is going to bring your paper into the room? Who can you go your whole career with and without? Who is going to help you level up to that next role?

Kimberly answers these questions and more in this episode about one of the most requested topics she receives from her audience, how to identify and develop key relationships in your career. Tune in as she guides you to analyze the people in your workplace and start building authentic relationships to get you to that next level.

KEY POINTS:

- Why you need peers in and out of your company

- The importance of coaches and teachers

- Who is a mentor?

- What differentiates a sponsor from a mentor?

- How to strategically start building relationships

QUOTABLES:

"Most people know who mentors are, but I explain it as that person who's been there, done that. They have literally been in your shoes before, so they can help you in that situation."

"These are the professionals who can take you from where you are to where you rightfully belong. They literally have the power and influence to pull you up from where you are and put you in that next role."

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