A Breakthrough Career Conversation You Need To Pursue Your Dreams (With Google UX Researcher Ojuolape Junaid)

"In 30 min my life changed"; "It was a brave request". Google researcher Ojuolape Junaid shares courageous moves and powerful conversations that led to an important career change, the pursuit of a big passion project, and that helped her initiate a hard conversation at work. In this episode, you'll discover: ✔️ How a 30-minute conversation can pivot your career to where you want. ✔️ How to use your passion to select the right people to reach out to, prepare for important conversations, and effectively connect. ✔️ An unusual stress-coping strategy. ✔️ Why correlating workload with stress doesn't work. ✔️ How to find courage through gratitude for significant people in your life. ✔️ The benefits of pairing structured work and unstructured exploration activities. Ojuolape is a UX Researcher in Learning and Education supporting Google Classroom on a cross-functional team passionate about using research insights to inform product direction. She was previously a Program Manager in the Employee Referrals Program, executing large-scale Googler-facing initiatives to bring in talent through outstanding and representative referrals. Ojuolape holds a BS from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in International Relations and Technology. Outside of work, Ojuolape is an avid foodie with an admitted plantain obsession. She also enjoys dancing (mainly Afrobeats and Samba) and practicing her Nigerian sarcasm. If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review. Here's how: https://youtu.be/iN96MGnmFdk  👉🏼 Links: Show Notes: https://assertiveway.com/53 Ojuolape Junaid Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junaido/ Assertiveness free resources: https://assertiveway.com/free/ Assertive & Liked 10-Day Challenge: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/10daychallengeoffer Assertiveness free training: https://assertiveway.aweb.page/getahead Assertive Communication Newsletter: https://assertiveway.com/newsletter/