8. MBA, Toolboxes, and Building Blocks with Lisa Fahey, President and CMO of FanCompass

09/28/20 • 46 min

As President and CMO of FanCompass, a San Francisco-based sports technology company, Lisa Fahey is a strategic leader who brings classic experience in consumer packaged goods to the business of sport. In addition to rebranding FanCompass in 2016 and driving the company’s international growth and expansion, Lisa became President of the organization in 2018. Prior to FanCompass, Lisa held leadership roles with Kraft Foods, Pepsico and pre-acquisition growth company Annie’s. She has extensive background building brands to drive profitable growth and has led FanCompass to expand its product offering and increase its premier roster of professional clubs including Liverpool FC, the Cleveland Browns, Syracuse University and most recently the league-level relationships with MiLB and MLB . A graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, Lisa received an M.B.A. from the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Top 4 Takeaways:

Lisa’s career started after she got her MBA. The MBA curriculum differed dramatically from undergrad. She went from learning about a topic to diving into the deep end of research and business practices. Hyper focused to teach critical thinking skills. For Lisa, an MBA was the key to moving into the career she wanted.
Your career is a stack of building blocks. Each block represents a skill acquired or a project completed. Look at your role and ask yourself, which building blocks will I acquire from this position. Work on the blocks, name the blocks, and promote your blocks. A boss or leader can put you in the right role but no one can guide your career as much as you.
On balancing family and career, Lisa took a break from the work force to focus on her family and successfully re entered the workforce at the same level. You can too. Don’t focus on the gap. Focus on what you contributed in the past and what you can bring in the future.
On how to level up, be true to yourself, be authentic, and take ownership and all you have done. Where do the dots of the best accomplishments of your career align? Hone in on those areas and take them to the next level.

Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/faheylisa/

Top 4 Takeaways:

Lisa’s career started after she got her MBA. The MBA curriculum differed dramatically from undergrad. She went from learning about a topic to diving into the deep end of research and business practices. Hyper focused to teach critical thinking skills. For Lisa, an MBA was the key to moving into the career she wanted.
Your career is a stack of building blocks. Each block represents a skill acquired or a project completed. Look at your role and ask yourself, which building blocks will I acquire from this position. Work on the blocks, name the blocks, and promote your blocks. A boss or leader can put you in the right role but no one can guide your career as much as you.
On balancing family and career, Lisa took a break from the work force to focus on her family and successfully re entered the workforce at the same level. You can too. Don’t focus on the gap. Focus on what you contributed in the past and what you can bring in the future.
On how to level up, be true to yourself, be authentic, and take ownership and all you have done. Where do the dots of the best accomplishments of your career align? Hone in on those areas and take them to the next level.

Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/faheylisa/

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7. Career Confidence Coaching with Britt Larsen, Founder of Livlyhood

Britt Larsen, Career Coach & Creator of Livlyhood, a community for women who work, is a champion of women in the workplace. She hosts the Livlyhood podcast to celebrate working women and to help them find joy in their jobs. Her extensive career in public affairs prepared her to now guide working women to figure out how to get what they want and need from their careers. Britt’s Top 4 Takeaways Confidence. Look around you and see what you admire about what other people are posting, what do you like about what they are saying or how they are promoting themselves. Bottom line, you have to fight for yourself. Certainly cheer for others but don’t forget to promote your role and your accomplishments. On promotion, take your job description and rewrite it for the job you want or the job you are actually doing. What does my boss need? What do they value? What is really important to the company and my manager? How can I contribute to that goal? Then, how can you attach value? When do you make the case to your supervisor for promotion? Don’t wait until something bad happens like a colleague gets a promotion or you are assigned a really big project beyond the scope of your job. You never want to ask under the pretense of reaction. When you know it’s time: Present the facts. Gain confidence. How? Work to break out of your shell by sharing your story. It’s uncomfortable at first so you have to get the reps, and just start. It will get easier! Craft your story. What’s your story? “People enjoy working with me!” or “I am a phenomenal sales person” or “I am resourceful and always come in under budget”. Own your story with confidence and start sharing! Follow Britt: https://www.livlyhood.com/ https://www.instagram.com/_livlyhood_/ https://www.pinterest.com/livlyhood/ https://www.facebook.com/livlyhood/

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9. Resume Revamp and LinkedIn updates with professional resume writer Angela Ashurst-McGee

Angela Ashurst-McGee is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and the creator of RedRocketResume. On this episode, Angela generously shares with us ALL THE TIPS to take action on crafting a resume and LinkedIn profile that will attract and retain the attention of employers so you land the interview and ultimately the career of your dreams.

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