WHAT You Know + WHO You Know = Next-Level Success—with Rachel LaVoie - EP017

If you’re shooting for a promotion at work, your internal network is a key resource. 

But how do you connect with your colleagues on a human level? And how do you cultivate those relationships over time, so you don’t feel like you’re intruding when you do reach out?

Rachel LaVoie is the creator of The Limit DNE, a STEM lifestyle brand designed to support the next generation of women in science, technology, engineering and math. She is also the newly-promoted Senior Software Product Manager at a leading global trade and development company.

On this episode of Career Confessions, Rachel joins me to describe the roller coaster of going through a reorganization at your company and explain how she leveraged the circumstances as an opportunity to land a promotion.

We discuss how being an entrepreneur is helping Rachel in her new corporate role and weigh in on why you can’t really thrive at work if you’re hiding part of who you are.

Listen in for insight on cultivating a human-first approach to business and learn how to create an internal network at your company—and work it in a way that feels good!

Key Takeaways  

The stress of going through a reorganization at your company (and how to see it as an opportunity)

Why Rachel reached out to me for coaching as she worked toward a promotion

How Rachel landed her new role as Senior Software Product Manager

Why I recommend applying for roles that are two levels above your current position

How Rachel created an internal network at her company 

Rachel’s advice on taking a human-first approach to business and fostering relationships with your colleagues

Why you can’t thrive at work if you’re hiding part of yourself

How being an entrepreneur is helping Rachel in her new corporate role

The hate you get online when you own your expertise and how to reframe it so it doesn’t shake you

Why you need to showcase your wins so that other women/minorities know what’s possible

Connect with Rachel

The Limit DNE

The Limit DNE on Instagram

Connect with Andrea

Andrea Martin Consulting

Andrea on Instagram

Andrea on YouTube

Andrea on LinkedIn

Resources

lAndrea’s Free LinkedIn eBook