#36 Jill Eastman - Senior Director of National Marketing / Be accountable / Handing tough conversations / 17 Day family driving trip

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have an incredible conversation Jill Eastman.  I discovered Jill to be a person with and incredible amount of Honestyintegrity A grounded perspective on life. Career Background:Senior Director of national marketing strategy and integreated planning and advisory at BDO (Over 7 years)Prior to her current role: Director of market at Harman Leito & Bolt and Hahnfeld hoffer standford Marketing positions at Weaver / Jacobs / Principal financial groupWartburg College BA in communications ArtsGrew up in Iowa and now resides in the Dallas Fort Worth area HighlightsGreat visual for her very first jobBeing accountableLearning time management earlyBeing in marketing and working in the accounting worldUnderstanding business from the marketing sideYou can't market what you don't understandBeing very "hands on" and working in a smaller firmSitting through audits by choice, ugh MentoringHow she prides herself of mentoringJill's personal board of directorsHow mentorship might failMind the gap in mentoring Lesson learned 10 years agoBeing Self aware and a great story about thisGive yourself room to be wrong Handing Confrontational conversations roadmapTake emotion out of it3 simple bulletsGive and share joy with othersWe don't work in Silo's, so build relationshipsReaping the rewards of relationships later in your careerHow Jill finds Success from a marketing executiveJill's leadership style, you will want to work for herWhen is it time to move on?Being proud of the journey17 day family driving tripWant to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!