Connie Steele: Benefits of a Mashed-Up Career
Connie Steele is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive, co-founder of Flywheel Associates, and host of the Strategic Momentum Podcast. With over twenty years of combined Fortune 500, mid-size company, and startup experience, she has observed firsthand how business is no longer binary, hierarchical, or absolute but non-linear, collaborative, and fluid. \n\nConnie is also the author of \u201cBuilding the Business of You: A System to Align Passion and Growth Potential Through Your Own Career Mash-Up\u201d. Her career mash-up advice has appeared on Forbes and Thrive Global.\xa0\n\nThis Episode\u2019s Heavy-hitter\u2019s:\n- A major motivation for Connie to leave her job in corporate America was being more present for her family. She made a gameplan with her husband, and the rest is history.\n- One recommendation that she makes for people that are trying to transition into entrepreneurship is to line up your network and how you\u2019re going to outreach to people beforehand. Whether it\u2019s finding clients, gaining mentors, or just seeking general advice\u2013 it takes a village to build a strong business.\n- Connie\u2019s inspiration for writing her book came from speaking to amazing people on her podcast. She noticed a huge macro trend of people in a state of \u201ccareer mashup\u201d and decided that she needed to document it.\n- We also discuss the benefits of the fluidity that comes with a mashed up career. More and more positions need candidates who have experience across a variety of disciplines, driving a preference in some of these positions for well-rounded candidates.\n- Connie joined the Asian American Author\u2019s Book Club because she saw an opportunity to help tell underrepresented stories. She wants the first thing that people know about a person not have to be about what they look like, but to help promote equity and inclusion in the world of books and beyond.\n\nPlease follow all things, Connie:https://www.conniewsteele.comBook - https://www.amazon.com/Building-Business-You-Passion-Potential/dp/1736218409/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=connie%20steele&qid=1625279318&sr=8-1Strategic Momentum Podcast - https://www.strategicmomentum.co\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review:\xa0https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast#thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller \u2013 the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Whether you\u2019re doubling down on business development or recruiting talent, Interseller does all the heavy lifting of finding contact data, automating the email and follow-up process, and syncs all that rich data into 20+ CRMs and ATSs. Reach out and get going in a 2-week *free* trial today and let them know you heard about them from Adam on #thePOZcast.Check out a free demo today!\xa0\nhttps://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ\n\nIf you are curious how Adam has created #thePOZcast and turned it into an ecosystem that builds real relationships, clients, thought leadership, and content, check out\xa0www.thePOZcourse.com.\xa0\n\nThanks for listening and please check out www.thePOZcast.com for past shows.