| "Bodacious" means to be bold,
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| | want him to know about my personal life,
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| outstanding, and remarkable. Take those
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| | partly because it wasn't his concern but
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| attributes to work and you're on your way
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| | also because I wanted to maintain my
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| to building a fulfilling, bodacious
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| | reputation for being competent,
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| career. Does having a bodacious career
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| | efficient, and successful. So, courage
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| sound exciting to you? It is! After
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| | in hand, I asked for a new role. Within
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| starting as an $8 an hour customer
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| | a few days he made me a job offer;
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| service rep, I rose through the ranks of
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| | corporate training manager. My
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| AOL, accepting four promotions and
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| | burgeoning Bodacious Career took another
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| surviving over six layoffs to become the
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| | turn.
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| head of corporate training for 12,000
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| | From this experience and countless
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| employees. Along the way I learned I
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| | others, I gained a few ideas about
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| needed to be bodacious to achieve the
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| | dealing with change. Consider these for
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| career I wanted. Out of that experience
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| | your own Bodacious Career.
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| I created my "cheat sheet" of ten
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| | As you thrive on shift and change, expect
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| essential Bodacious Career Builders.
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| | some initial discomfort. Old weaknesses
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| Here's number seven: Thrive on Shift and
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| | and insecurities that you managed to
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| Change.
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| | efficiently camouflage in the old systems
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| At AOL, my entire career was about rapid
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| | suddenly make themselves obvious again.
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| shift and change. For the first seven
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| | The stress of change can lower your
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| years, I was totally focused on the call
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| | immunity system and cause you to catch
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| center. I was promoted from customer
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| | the flu, a cold or a case of hives. You
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| service rep to trainer to training
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| | may temporarily feel like a mess.
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| manager and then to call center manager.
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| | Learn to lead with your value. Trust
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| Soon other areas of my life - namely one
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| | that you can be resourceful. As you
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| last-ditch effort to save my marriage
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| | research options, look beneath the
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| after a year's separation - demanded that
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| | surface. The alchemy of your passions,
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| I make a major change. I needed to
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| | combined with external needs may create
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| shift some of the energy I was dedicating
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| | an opportunity for you that hadn't
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| to AOL into reviving my marriage
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| | existed before.
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| I considered leaving the company
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| | Get outside perspective whenever you can.
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| altogether, but that seemed too drastic.
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| | You may not know how good you really are
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| So I started looking around the company
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| | until you leave your fishbowl. When
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| to see where else I might be able to
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| | we're sealed up in our own environment,
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| offer value. After 10 years and more
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| | working hard, and focusing on the tasks
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| than 1200 employees, the company still
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| | immediately in front of us, we can lose
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| had no management training program and
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| | perspective. So get out there! You may
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| the new human resources VP was looking
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| | discover that you are further ahead than
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| for a corporate training manager.
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| | you thought.
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| I knew I could help in developing and
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| | Shifting and changing may cause you to go
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| influencing this group of contributors.
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| | through some major culture shocks and
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| I thought I could have a greater impact
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| | climate changes. As with every
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| throughout the organization and remove
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| | alteration in your life you create or any
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| myself from the pressure-cooker
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| | alteration that comes you way (let's face
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| atmosphere of the call center. Instead
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| | it, some events are out of your hands),
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| of ten- to twelve-hour days, maybe I
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| | you may feel alien to your new
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| could reduce it to eight or nine.
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| | circumstances. Don't worry, you'll grow
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| I didn't wait until I saw a job posting.
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| | into them. Soon you'll be more than
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| I took the initiative and contacted the
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| | surviving, you'll be thriving!
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| VP Although I was motivated to make a
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| | BODACIOUS CAREER BUILDER #7: Be honest
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| change for personal reasons, I emphasized
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| | about how you handle change in your
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| to him my desire to help build the
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| | career and life; make a commitment to
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| company from the inside out by quickly
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| | thrive, not just survive.
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| developing skilled managers. I didn't
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