Dr. Michelle P. King | The Hidden Keys for Career Advancement With the Author of 'HOW WORK WORKS'
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Why do certain people advance in their careers, get promotions, and others don't? On this episode of the Live Greatly podcast Kristel Bauer sits down with Dr. Michelle King, the author of 'HOW WORK WORKS: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself' to discuss the keys for career advancement, the importance of social skills, why exceling in navigating your informal network is so important and lots more. Tune in now!
Key Takeaways from This Episode:
A look into Dr. Michelle P. King's new book, HOW WORK WORKS: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself
How to set yourself up for advancement at work
Why do certain people advance in the workplace and others don't?
How to create and manage informal networks
The importance of building self awareness
What types of relationships cause the most stress?
Skills to improve how you work with people
How leaders can often lack self awareness and how to fix this
The importance of using "what" questions for feedback
ABOUT DR. MICHELLE KING:
Dr. Michelle P. King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. Based on over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle believes that we need to learn how workplaces work, so we can make them work for everyone. She is the host of a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work.
Her second book, How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself, publishes internationally on October 10th, 2023 (HarperCollins).
Michelle is an award-winning academic with five degrees including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism and a PhD in Management. Michelle is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
In addition, Michelle is an award winning speaker, having spoken at over 500 events worldwide including conferences like the Nobel Peace Prize Conference, Ellevate Network Conference, The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Texas Conference for Women, SXSW, She Summit and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women.
Michelle is represented by London Speakers Bureau and regularly hosts keynotes, fireside chats or masterclasses with companies like, Amazon, FIFA, Guardian, Dior, FedEx, Netflix, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Met Life to name a few. Michelle is the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with the assessment, development, and inclusion coaching needed to build cultures that value difference. In addition, Michelle is a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, where she leads the NextGen Leadership Development Program, which enables young women to navigate and overcome the barriers to their success. Before this, Michelle was the Director of Inclusion at Netflix. Before that, she was the head of UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change, which includes managing over 30 private sector partnerships to accelerate the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Michelle has two decades of international experience working in the private sector.