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Dec 2024
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1019: Achieving More with One Bold Move ...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Shanna Hocking shares transformative mindsets to help you advance your career and achieve your goals. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How daily bold moves increase confidence 

2) Powerful mantras to keep self-doubt at bay 

3) How to stop dreading difficult conversations 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1019 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT SHANNA — 

Shanna A. Hocking is a leadership consultant and coach, fundraising strategist, speaker, and writer. Shanna spent 20 years in fundraising leadership at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Alabama, and Duke University. 

She is the author of One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take to Fulfill Their Leadership and Career Potential. Shanna’s expertise has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Muse, and Harper’s Bazaar UK. Shanna was named a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2024. 

• Book: One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take to Fulfill Their Leadership and Career Potential 

• LinkedIn: Shanna Hocking 

• Website: ShannaAHocking.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Tool: Hogan Assessments 

• Study: “Stronger together: A multilevel study of collective strengths use and team performance” by Maria Christina Meyers, Marianne van Woerkom, and Robin Bauwens 

• Book: I Hope This Finds You Well: A Novel by Natalie Sueook: What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey 


— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

CleanMyMac. Use the promo code BEAWESOME for 10% off on any CleanMyMac subscription plan. 

Lingoda. Visit try.lingoda.com/awesome and use the promo code 50AWESOME for up to 50% off until December 21! 

Jenni KayneUse the code AWESOME15 to get 15% off your order! 

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