Susan Brennan – Innovation & Sustainability

11/17/21 • 32 min

Susan Brennan is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Romeo Power, Inc., and previously served as Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy.

In this episode Lauren and Susan discuss:

How women can focus their careers in sustainability
The importance of sustainability in operations and manufacturing
The women in leadership gap and how women can move forward in their career
Supporting people who are early in their careers in moving up through the organization

Key takeaways:

The opportunities in manufacturing and operations are endless when you pursue the education; put yourself out there; and take risks.
Take on new opportunities for career advancement - your previous experience can be a safety net to go back to if things don’t work out.
When you think you are an underdog – don’t just focus on your circumstances, but how you can better the world and take advantage of new opportunities.
If you want to grow your career in sustainability, put yourself in a company that truly cares about sustainability and then find the roles, problems, and projects that are aligned in that space.

“Put yourself where you think you should fit, and the fit may come to you.” – Susan Brennan

Reach out to Susan at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-seilheimer-brennan-153a047/

Learn more about the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum: http://www.southernautomotivewomen.org/

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Susan Brennan is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Romeo Power, Inc., and previously served as Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy.

In this episode Lauren and Susan discuss:

How women can focus their careers in sustainability
The importance of sustainability in operations and manufacturing
The women in leadership gap and how women can move forward in their career
Supporting people who are early in their careers in moving up through the organization

Key takeaways:

The opportunities in manufacturing and operations are endless when you pursue the education; put yourself out there; and take risks.
Take on new opportunities for career advancement - your previous experience can be a safety net to go back to if things don’t work out.
When you think you are an underdog – don’t just focus on your circumstances, but how you can better the world and take advantage of new opportunities.
If you want to grow your career in sustainability, put yourself in a company that truly cares about sustainability and then find the roles, problems, and projects that are aligned in that space.

“Put yourself where you think you should fit, and the fit may come to you.” – Susan Brennan

Reach out to Susan at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-seilheimer-brennan-153a047/

Learn more about the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum: http://www.southernautomotivewomen.org/

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Previous Episode

Karen Tisdell – Optimizing Your LinkedIn Strategy

Karen Tisdell is a LinkedIn profile writer, expert, and trainer.

In this episode Lauren and Karen discuss:

Optimizing your LinkedIn strategy for a job search

How to use LinkedIn while employed for personal brand strategy, networking, etc.

Your digital footprint and why it is important to employers

Best practices for accepting connection requests

Key takeaways:

Having a great LinkedIn profile is foundational for, if and how people think of you.

Be proactive in reaching out to people and connecting with them; personalize your invitations to connect with a short message.

Be selective when accepting connections. Connect with people who are doing what you want to do, who know people that you would want to know, and who are in your community of stakeholders.

Make sure that you have a great profile by including a headshot as profile photo, background banner, and keywords throughout based on job advertisements.

Provide a synopsis of your current and past professional experience, be sure to explain what you enjoy about your position.

Scroll through your newsfeed every day; like and comment on as many posts as you can.

“If we think of ourselves in our job search as a product, people are doing their research, and LinkedIn ranks really highly. It is that important.” – Karen Tisdell

“Nobody wants to be the person or the friend that only calls when they need something or want something from you. It’s so important to ensure that you are constantly looking at how you show up on platform and how you develop those relationships ... the better the friendships and relationships that I have around me, the luckier I am in my career and my success.” – Karen Tisdell

Reach out to Karen at:

Website: https://karentisdell.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karentisdell/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karen_tisdell

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Next Episode

Bernie Frazier – Overcoming Barriers to Achieve Success

Bernie Frazier is a career coach at IMPACT Group; prior recruiter; and author of Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!

In this episode Lauren and Bernie discuss:

Owning your own career success

Interview strategies

The negotiation process

How to work with internal recruiters as a job seeker, their role in helping you achieve your career goals, and how candidates can work through a recruiter to receive other opportunities

Key takeaways:

Determining what you want in your career is the foundation to achieving help from a career coach.

If your goal is to be on the revenue-generating side of the business, you must be careful in how you select opportunities and understand what is required to get you there.

Candidates should approach a job search by thinking like the person you are targeting, not by focusing on what sounds good to you.

For individuals to set themselves apart as a candidate, they should connect with a recruiter and create a relationship by understanding the recruiters needs and offering referrals to other candidates for jobs that may not be a good fit – this will make them want to help the candidate out as well.

Practice before interviews to ensure that you have quality answers to questions in a succinct manner.

Make sure to provide examples focused on your personal efforts (instead of team efforts) and talk about results of your actions to showcase the impact that your efforts had.

For negotiations, make sure that you are compensated adequately based on skills that you bring to the table and complete research to gain understanding of fair compensation.

“Act like a candidate, think like a recruiter.” – Bernie Frazier

Reach out to Bernie at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berniefrazier/

Get the book, Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever! here:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pF6WpV

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/