25 The Power of Connections with Nancy Spivey

Nancy Spivey is the Marketing Director for DBL Law, the largest law firm in Northern Kentucky. Before her current role, she’s had an exciting and diverse career starting as a sports writer in high school, print production in college, different roles in PR and Community Development before landing in Northern Kentucky where she worked her way up the ladder to become Chief Operating Officer of the Chamber of Commerce. Throughout her entire career, she has built and cultivated powerful connections, and those connections fueled her success. In this episode we talk about:How networking and making powerful connections helps you advance your career.How networking is not only for when you are looking to make a career move. We talk about all the ways it can add value to you and your career.Nancy’s shares her networking game plan that you can start implementing immediately to see big resultsTimestamps:2:54 - The value of a diverse career5:17 - Non-linear career growth6:47 - Making a wrong career move8:28 - Why connections matter9:54 - Practical ways to make connections12:59 - Are you too busy to network15:47 - Using connections to add value to your current role17:39 - The value of helping others19:55 - Internal connections22:26 - Genuine and purposeful connections24:15 - Script for networking messages25:45 - Small touch points26:12 - The air traffic controller leader27:39 - Agile Leaders29:14 - Bag O’ Questions32:05 - Key Takeaways