Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari think about and approach mentorship. They cover what mentorship is, myths about mentorship, when to look for mentorship, what to look for in a mentor, how to find and reach out to mentors, signs a mentor may not be a good fit, what successful mentorship looks like, and much more.

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Highlights from this episode include:

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - Did you know - interesting facts we found while researching

1:50 - What mentorship means to us

3:38 - Mentorship myths

5:56 - When we look for mentorship

7:39 - What we look for in a mentor

9:04 - How we’ve found mentors

10:21 - How we reach out to mentors

13:02 - How often we connect with mentors

14:38 - Who’s responsibility it is to drive the mentorship

15:20 - Signs a mentor may not be a good fit

16:27 - Bad mentorship experiences

19:26 - What a successful mentorship looks like

20:48 - Our mentorship experiences

23:47 - Learnings from being mentors

27:37 - Advice and closing

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🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.

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Guest Marlinda Galapon has worked for some of the biggest companies in the world, including Yahoo, Salesforce, and Zendesk. However, the path to getting there wasn’t easy.

She originally started in nursing, dropped out because she realized that’s not what she wanted to do, and then worked a mix of contract and odd jobs until she found a full-time job in conversation design. It took her about 5 years to get where she wanted to go, but once she knew what she wanted to do, she never gave up.

In the episode, Marlinda talks about the impact of having an associate’s degree, navigating imposter syndrome, how she handles networking and putting herself out there as an introvert, what odd jobs she’s worked, the importance of mentorship and community, and much more.

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Highlights from the episode include:

0:00 - Episode intro

2:06 - Marlinda’s career journey

5:29 - Self-consciousness about having an associate’s degree

7:15 - Paths into conversation design

8:57 - Motivation to keep pursuing conversation design

10:10 - Odd jobs in between contract jobs

14:47 - Navigating imposter syndrome

19:18 - Putting yourself out there as an introvert

22:08 - Navigating networking as an introvert

24:51 - Mentorship

27:25 - The feeling of not belonging in certain spaces and how to overcome that

29:53 - Finding community

31:25 - Keeping the joy alive in your career

32:12 - Advice for people considering a career change

34:27 - Closing out the episode

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🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.

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Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari approach giving and receiving feedback. They discuss the importance and impact of feedback, how to ask the right questions to get the feedback you need, practical frameworks for delivering constructive feedback, managing reactions after receiving feedback, and much more.

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Highlights include:

0:00 - Introduction

1:27 - Did you know - Facts we found while researching

4:45 - Importance and impact of feedback in our careers

6:26 - Impact of feedback in our careers

9:20 - Culture of feedback in different spaces

13:58 - How we ask for feedback

16:18 - Asking the right questions to give you the feedback you need

18:25 - Mapping feedback to company goals

20:07 - Asking for feedback if you’re at an agency or freelancing

21:01 - Personal uses for feedback and collecting it as you go

22:06 - When to ask for feedback vs. when not to ask for it

24:12 - Reaction after receiving feedback

26:27 - Thanking people after receiving feedback

27:42 - Taking things personally

30:45 - Navigating conflicting feedback

34:00 - Framework for giving feedback

37:53 - Final thoughts and advice

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🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.

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🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Subscribe on YouTube

📸 Follow on Instagram