Julie Winkle Giulioni is the author of the international bestseller Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive. As a champion for workplace growth and development, she believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to reach their potential. Julie supports organizations and leaders who want to make that happen with keynote speeches, consulting, and training.

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Show Notes

• “It really does feel like Promotions Are So Yesterday, is the sequel [to my previous book] because, as you know, Help the Grow really focused on the conversation, ‘How can we disarm this whole thing called career development?’.” [12:14] Before diving into her new book, Julie reiterates the message behind her first book and what that means for her research. 

• “The climb is listed as well as your other 7 discoveries for these new alternative ways people want to grow and develop.”  [17:05] Marcel and Julie touch on the 7 dimensions of development in the book: Contribution, Competence, Confidence, Connection, Challenge, Contentment, and Choice.

• “We found that contribution across ages, genders, levels – that was number one.” [23:21] Julie discusses the really positive meaning behind the number one dimension, contribution, as a top need for people in the workplace. A surprising yet comforting bottom dimension? The climb of the corporate ladder. 

• “This whole conversation around choice is really alive for a lot of employees, managers, and organizations alike, as we try to figure out: where does that decision-making lie?” [30:28] Julie explains how the ranking around choice fluctuates and has changed heavily based on COVID related shifts in the workplace.

• “A facilitative mindset acknowledges there is wisdom, there are insights, there are brilliant ideas inside each person just waiting to find expression.” [34:59] Julie outlines how leaders can act as facilitators by asking great questions and, at the same time, cultivating silence to create a safe playing field for employees to share their contributions.

• “The work becomes the development, the development becomes the work.” [47:00] Marcel drops a quote from the book that sums up the movement in which employees are shaping their work and the way leaders can seamlessly embed this intention of learning in any job.

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• Marcel Schwantes
• Julie Winkle Giulioni
• Assessment – Julie Winkle Giulioni
• Julie Winkle Giulioni, Author | Facebook
• Julie Winkle Giulioni | LinkedIn

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