Following A Spark and Owning Your Career with Google's Jenny Wood (Rerelease)

Taking risks, being vulnerable, and seeking help are often the initial actions required to pursue your aspirations. In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld discusses taking charge of your career with Jenny Wood, the founder of Google's Own Your Career Program. Dane and Jenny discuss the idea that working in teams provides a fresh opportunity to transform oneself, how to establish psychological safety in collaborative settings, and acknowledge that development and advancement can stem from sources other than the upper echelons of an organization.Episode Highlights:Jenny Wood and the Own Your Career Program she founded at GoogleGoing after what you want, and psychological safetyHow Jenny's Own Your Career program creates frameworks for safety and team buildingOpen dialogue and the power of addressing awkward conversations earlyHow growth opportunities flow at Google from Jenny's Own Your Career programWorking in teams is a chance to reinvent yourself each timeThe opportunity to own your past and reinventionSetting agendas with leadership and your manager's managerLeaders who invite conversations, availability, and collaborationProgress and leadership beyond the organizational chartLearning to ask for help is vital to building relationshipsWhere technology plays a part of the team and helps people elevate their careers