Dr. Anna Ranieri Speaking about Connecting the Dots: Telling the Story that Will Advance Your Career

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Podcast Episode 078             Release Date: September 9, 2016

Anna RanieriOn this podcast executive coach and career counselor Dr. Anna Ranieri, MBA, PhD, explains how important it is to create a synergistic narrative as you reinvent yourself in order to progress successfully in your career. Dr. Ranieri is the co-author of the best-selling book How Can I Help? What you can (and Can’t) Do to Counsel a Friend, Colleague or Family Member With a Problem, and she has written several articles on work and management for the Harvard Business Review. Anna tells you why with today’s career landscape it’s critical not to get bogged down with issues such as job titles and familiar job status symbols, instead, she says it more important to focus on creating a clear vision of who you are, what you are seeking to accomplish, and how best to intelligently advocate for yourself to advance your career. Anna explains why in today’s job market it is important to know yourself and consider your current desires as you navigate your career landscape. Anna also elaborates on the concept of Generativity—why being creative in your adult life is critical for continued growth and healthy well being— and how the process of writing can result in Self Knowledge. Anna’s next project is to co-author a book to be called: Connecting the Dots: Telling the Story that Will Advance Your Career. To learn more about Anna’s work visit her website: www.annaranieri.com.

 

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Dr. Ken Jennings Discusses the Critical Role Re-Inventing Yourself Plays in Career Success – Part 2

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Podcast Episode 064                                                 Release Date: June 3, 2016

Ken Jennings

On this podcast environmental scientist and consultant Dr. Ken Jennings continues his discussion on how and why re-inventing yourself leads to career success. Just like a star quarterback, Dr. Jennings goes deep as he tells you how he successfully handled being bullied in Middle school; how he handled his Existential grief from being unfairly rejected in the corporate world: “It’s not rejection, it’s affirmation;” as well as how to comply with international cultural norms: do’s and don’ts while traveling as an American outside the USA. Dr. Jennings has over 25 years of experience working in government, industry, and consulting. While in government, he worked at the US EPA Headquarters, while in the private sector he worked for Amoco, Shell and Microsoft Corporations. Ken’s areas of expertise include sustainability, energy, and climate change in Africa and the Caribbean. He is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Management for the University of Maryland University Center and consults for major industries and governments. As Managing Director of K2J, Ken’s most recent speaking engagements include The African Presidential Roundtable on Energy Strategy for the 21st Century in Mauritius; The Africa Energy Indaba in Johannesburg; The African Presidential Roundtable on Energy Security in Johannesburg; The Joint UK, US, Niger Investment Forum in London; Micro Grid World Forum in Irvine; Compliance and Risks Webinar – Doing Business in a Regulated Africa. Dr. Jennings earned a BS in geology and geophysics from Yale, a Masters in geology from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Doctorate in environmental science and engineering from UCLA. He is married and has one daughter. In his leisure time Dr. Jennings enjoys playing basketball, traveling and writing. Ken is also the Yale alumni Class of ’76 Secretary. To learn more about Ken’s work as Managing Director of K2J, visit his website: www.k2jenvironmental.com. To contact Ken, you can email him at kvbjii@icloud.com, call him at 425-785-8963 or reach him using his Twitter handle @kvbj47.
 

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Dr. Ken Jennings Discusses the Critical Role Re-Inventing Yourself Plays in Career Success

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Podcast Episode 051                                                         Release Date: 3/19/2016

Ken JenningsOn this podcast environmental scientist and consultant Dr. Ken Jennings discusses how and why re-inventing yourself leads to career success. Dr. Jennings has over 25 years of experience working in government, industry, and consulting. While in government, he worked at the US EPA Headquarters while in the private sector he worked for Amoco, Shell and Microsoft Corporations. Ken’s areas of expertise include sustainability, energy, and climate change in Africa and the Caribbean. He is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Management for the University of Maryland University Center and consults for major industries and governments. Dr. Jennings earned a BS in geology and geophysics from Yale, a Masters in geology from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Doctorate in environmental science and engineering from UCLA. He is married and has one daughter. Dr. Jennings shares his philosophy on the value of teamwork in competition, being proactive rather than reactive, how he navigated bullying from the school yard to the workplace, and his strategies for career versatility. To learn more about Ken’s work as Managing Director of K2J, visit his website: www.k2jenvironmental.com. To contact Ken, you can email him at kvbjii@icloud.com, call him at 425-785-8963 or reach him using his Twitter handle @kvbj47.
 

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