Adele Gulfo trained as a scientist but has risen to become President of Pfizer in Latin America. In a blog post for the Huffington Post, she shares how focussing on her ‘personal brand’ enabled her to achieve her career goals, and to enjoy life along the way.
Gulfo notes that to truly live your brand, you must first define what you are passionate about and where your expertise lies. You then need to decide what you want to be known for and how you will you tell your story. By living your personal brand you are being true to yourself, and Gulfo believes this contributes to an ‘authentic leadership’ style which is respected by those around you.
Read: Personal Branding_ It’s Not About Self-Promotion, It Is a Leadership Imperative
What’s your personal brand and how have you shaped it? Share your thoughts with Borderless Consultants Rosalie Harrison and June Nilsson via Twitter @borderlessexec #WomeninLeadership. They’ll be presenting at the Women in Leadership Forum during the CPhI Congress in Barcelona on 5 October.
The author surveyed 5,600 workers from various industries from January 2019 to December 2021, finding that worker dissatisfaction not only starts as early as age 25 — it’s been here since before the pandemic started. Her advice: aim for work-life alignment, not work-life balance. Find out what drives them as an individual — and reshape their jobs together. Engage them in the recruiting process.
There’s been a lot of buzz about a 4-day workweek. But it will be the ‘4 + 1’ workweek that ultimately wins out: 4 days of “work” and 1 day of “learning.” Several forces are converging in a way that point toward the inevitability of this workplace future.
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