Firing your Narrator with Valerie Gordon

Unpacking Perspectives

English - February 22, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Careers Business Society & Culture Relationships careers coaching career change career transition journey perspective mindset growth career path college planning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Perspectives on Internet Safety with Scott Driscoll

Next Episode: Proud Police Wife: Rebecca's Passion for Supporting Law Enforcement Families

In this episode, Nicole talks with Valerie Gordon. Over the past 20 years, Valerie has produced award-winning stories with companies such as ESPN, HBO Real Sports, and even the Olympics. She currently helps companies, clients, and students with the power of story and to help build their brands. Nicole and Valerie talk about Valerie’s career and the work that she does to help people develop their own story.

Today, Nicole and Valerie talk about

[07:52] You can’t create a tremendous external story if you’re struggling with a faulty inner story.[21:12] People appreciate hearing about conflict and failure stories and how they were overcome because they make us see that those things are possible.[31:07] Every eighteen months is a reasonable amount of time to try and unpack where you are in your career, what you have done in the past eighteen months that feels like success, what you have gained, what isn’t working, etc.

Host: Nicole Davison

Guest: Valerie Gordon

Valerie Gordon is a 10-time Emmy award-winning television producer with over two decades of creating and overseeing feature stories for top media outlets. She knows how to use the power of a meaningful, memorable story for impact and influence. As founder of The Storytelling Strategist, formerly Commander-in-She, LLC, a communications and career strategy firm, Valerie helps high-achieving women take command of the storytelling skills necessary to grow their careers and ascend the leadership ladder.

RESOURCES

Valerie’s Website: https://thestorytellingstrategist.com/

Valerie’s Book: www.fireyournarrator.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriejgordon/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TheStorytellingStrategist

Listen to the show & follow: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unpacking-perspectives/id1580429029

Unpacking Perspectives Instagram: @unpackingperspectives or

https://www.instagram.com/unpackingperspectives/

NMD Careers Instagram: @nmdcareers or https://www.instagram.com/nmdcareers/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nmdcareers/

Website: https://www.nmdcareers.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nmd-career-consulting-llc/

Have questions? Send Nicole an email at: [email protected]

We would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you so much!