What Political Capital Actually Is and Why Every Professional Needs to Understand It with Julia Bardmesser

What Political Capital Actually Is and Why Every Professional Needs to Understand It with Julia Bardmesser

Real Work Ready The professional readiness program built for years 0 to 5 of a career. Six learnable behaviors that determine how your work gets received, planned, communicated, and delivered. Nobody teaches them. Now someone does. Learn more: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] At some point in your career you will have the right idea, build the right case, do everything correctly, and still watch it go nowhere. And nobody will tell you why. Not because the work was wrong. Because something else is operating inside organizations that most people never learn to see. Julia Bardmesser is the CEO of Data4Real, an adjunct professor at NYU Stern School of Business, a bestselling author, and a board advisor to multiple startups. She has spent over 25 years leading data-driven transformation inside some of the most complex institutions in financial services. But the conversation she came to have is not about data. It is about something she writes about in her LinkedIn newsletter that this audience needs to understand long before they have a corner office: political capital. What it is, how you build it, and why being excellent at your job is not the same as being able to move your agenda forward. In this episode: * What political capital actually is and why every professional needs to understand it whether they think of themselves as political or not * The gap between technical excellence and organizational influence, and what it costs you when you only develop one * How to start building political capital when you are new with no track record, no relationships, and no formal authority * How to hold your integrity and your standards while learning to navigate organizational dynamics, and where the line is Real Work Ready Understanding how organizations actually work is one of the six things Real Work Ready teaches early professionals before they spend years figuring it out the hard way. Get started: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Connect with Julia: Website: https://www.data4real.com [https://www.data4real.com] LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-bardmesser/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-bardmesser/] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JuliaBardmesser [https://www.youtube.com/@JuliaBardmesser] Connect with Laura: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti/] Instagram: @realworkreadyhq [https://www.instagram.com/realworkreadyhq] Website: realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] No One Tells You This is a Real Work Ready podcast. Every episode is a conversation with leaders, executives, and professionals who finally decided to say what nobody said to them: the unwritten rules, the invisible dynamics, and the things that actually determine who succeeds. Laura Massetti Founder of Real Work Ready™  www.realworkready.com [http://www.realworkready.com/]

Nobody Told You That Being Great at Your Job Is Not Enough | with Wes Towers

Real Work Ready The professional readiness program built for years 0 to 5 of a career. Six learnable behaviors that determine how your work gets received, planned, communicated, and delivered. Nobody teaches them. Now someone does. Learn more: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Most people spend the first years of their career believing that if they do great work, everything else will follow. The opportunity. The recognition. The trust. Nobody tells you that being excellent is the floor, not the ceiling. The ceiling is whether the people around you understand what you bring, trust that you can deliver, and actually choose you when it matters. Wes Towers is the founder of Uplift 360, an Australian digital agency that helps construction and industrial brands get found, get trusted, and get chosen online. When he was told that AI could make his business less valuable, he did not retreat. He rebuilt his entire approach around it, while doubling down on the thing no algorithm can replace: human clarity, trust, and the ability to communicate your value in a way that actually lands. He is also the host of the podcast Built. Trusted. Chosen. In this episode: * Why being excellent at your job is the starting point, not the finish line, and what you have to build on top of it * What it actually means to be built, trusted, and chosen in a professional context and where most people stall in that sequence * What AI cannot replace in a human professional and why that makes certain skills more valuable, not less * What someone early in their career can start doing right now to communicate their value more clearly and be chosen for the things that matter Real Work Ready Being great at your job is the starting point. Real Work Ready gives early professionals the six behaviors that determine how that work gets seen, understood, and chosen by the people around them. Get started: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Connect with Wes: Website: https://uplift360.com.au [https://uplift360.com.au] Podcast: Built. Trusted. Chosen.: https://builttrustedchosen.buzzsprout.com [https://builttrustedchosen.buzzsprout.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/westowers [https://www.linkedin.com/in/westowers] Connect with Laura: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti/] Instagram: @realworkreadyhq [https://www.instagram.com/realworkreadyhq] Website: realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] No One Tells You This is a Real Work Ready podcast. Every episode is a conversation with leaders, executives, and professionals who finally decided to say what nobody said to them: the unwritten rules, the invisible dynamics, and the things that actually determine who succeeds. Laura Massetti Founder of Real Work Ready™  www.realworkready.com [http://www.realworkready.com/]

The Leaders You Most Want to Become Are Not Born That Way. They Are Built. | with Eric Nitzberg

Real Work Ready The professional readiness program built for years 0 to 5 of a career. Six learnable behaviors that determine how your work gets received, planned, communicated, and delivered. Nobody teaches them. Now someone does. Learn more: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Nobody tells you that the skills that get you into the room are not always the skills that help you lead once you are there. Nobody tells you what it actually costs to carry responsibility for other people, or what it feels like to make decisions when the answer is not clear. Nobody tells you what the best leaders actually do differently on the inside. Eric Nitzberg is an executive coach and trusted advisor to CEOs and C-suite leaders across technology, software, and life sciences. Before launching his coaching practice, he spent several years as a communication coach at Stanford Graduate School of Business teaching executive presence and persuasive storytelling. He is known for his ability to help successful leaders evolve, and for bringing a deep humanity to that work that builds the kind of trust most people spend their whole careers looking for. In this episode: * What early professionals consistently get wrong about what leadership actually requires of a person * What executive presence really is, how it actually develops, and what gets in the way of it for people who should have it * What the most effective leaders do differently under real pressure and genuine uncertainty * What someone in year one or two of their career can start building right now, before they ever have the title Real Work Ready Being great at your job is the starting point. Real Work Ready gives early professionals the six behaviors that determine how that work gets seen, understood, and acted on by the people around them. Get started: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Connect with Eric: Website: https://www.sierraleadership.com [https://www.sierraleadership.com] Blog: https://sierraleadership.com/insights/ [https://sierraleadership.com/insights/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericnitzberg/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericnitzberg/] Connect with Laura: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti/] Instagram: @realworkreadyhq [https://www.instagram.com/realworkreadyhq] Website: realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] No One Tells You This is a Real Work Ready podcast. Every episode is a conversation with leaders, executives, and professionals who finally decided to say what nobody said to them: the unwritten rules, the invisible dynamics, and the things that actually determine who succeeds. Laura Massetti Founder of Real Work Ready™  www.realworkready.com [http://www.realworkready.com/]

What Happens When You Bet on Yourself Before Anyone Else Does with Susana Goitia

Real Work Ready The professional readiness program built for years 0 to 5 of a career. Six learnable behaviors that determine how your work gets received, planned, communicated, and delivered. Nobody teaches them. Now someone does. Learn more: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Most people wait. They wait for the right moment, the clear path, the validation from someone above them that says they are ready. Susana Goitia did not wait. She left her home country with a one-year-old baby, walked into rooms that were not built for her, rose to CEO, transformed the culture of her organization from the inside, and then walked away from it all to start over. Susana Goitia is a LATAM Commercial Strategy and Growth Advisor who spent 27 years leading commercial strategy and business growth across Latin America, rising to CEO before leaving the corporate world to build something of her own. She was the first woman in multiple roles that had never had one. She is also the host of the podcast Creer X Crecer. In this conversation, she tells the real story of what it takes to bet on yourself before anyone else does. In this episode: * What it actually costs and gives back to make a career bet before the path is clear or the outcome is certain * What it means to walk into rooms that were not built for you and decide how to show up anyway * How she moved female leadership in her organization from zero to fifty percent and what changing a system from the inside actually required * What leaving the C-suite to start over taught her that 27 years in corporate never could * What she would tell her younger self before she got on that plane, and what she wants every early professional to hear before they spend years waiting for permission Real Work Ready The bet on yourself starts with knowing what you are actually working with. Real Work Ready gives early professionals the operating system for a career built on their own terms. Get started: www.realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] Connect with Susana: Website: https://www.susanagoitia.com [https://www.susanagoitia.com] Podcast: Creer X Crecer: https://www.susanagoitia.com [https://www.susanagoitia.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susana.goitia [https://www.instagram.com/susana.goitia] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanagoitia/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanagoitia/] Connect with Laura: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti/] Instagram: @realworkreadyhq [https://www.instagram.com/realworkreadyhq] Website: realworkready.com [https://www.realworkready.com] No One Tells You This is a Real Work Ready podcast. Every episode is a conversation with leaders, executives, and professionals who finally decided to say what nobody said to them: the unwritten rules, the invisible dynamics, and the things that actually determine who succeeds. Laura Massetti Founder of Real Work Ready™  www.realworkready.com [http://www.realworkready.com/]

You Can Do All the Right Things and Life Still Happens | Erica Olenski

Nobody tells you that your career plan and your life are going to run on separate tracks. Nobody prepares you for the moment they collide. And nobody tells you that the decisions you make in the hardest chapter of your life are some of the most consequential ones you will ever make for your career. Erica Olenski is a healthcare strategist, Board Certified Patient Advocate, founder of August's Artists, and a nationally recognized voice on human-centered innovation and lived experience. She did not pause her career during the hardest chapter of her life. She made strategic decisions inside it. This conversation is about what that actually looked like, and what every early professional needs to hear before they face their own defining moment. In this episode: •  What it actually means to make strategic career decisions when life stops cooperating with your plan •  What building August's Artists and Monarch Futures during the hardest seasons taught her about momentum and what is possible inside adversity •  What the healthcare system's failure to account for the physiological reality of patients and caregivers reveals about how we design all professional environments •  What every early professional can start building now so that when their defining moment arrives, they are ready for it   📊 Explore the free Workplace Decoder to understand what actually drives performance at work: https://realworkready.com/decoder About the show: No One Tells You This is a Real Work Ready podcast for early career professionals navigating years 0 to 5. Every episode exposes the unwritten rules of the workplace: what managers are actually evaluating, what new professionals consistently get wrong, and the operating behaviors that determine long-term career success. Designed for Gen Z and early career professionals, as well as HR leaders, managers, and L&D teams building workplace-ready talent. 🔔 Subscribe for more workplace readiness, early career advice, and leadership insights: https://www.youtube.com/@Realworkreadyhq 👍 Like this video if it helped. Drop your biggest takeaway in the comments. Connect with Erica: August's Artists: https://www.augustsartists.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaolenski/   Connect with Laura Massetti: Website: realworkready.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramassetti Instagram: @realworkreadyhq #CareerResilience #CareerAdvice #WorkplaceReadiness #EarlyCareerSuccess #CareerGrowth #RealWorkReady #NoOneTellsYouThis #ProfessionalDevelopment #GenZCareer #CareerTips #WomenInLeadership #CareerAdversity #HumanCenteredInnovation #PatientAdvocacy #WorkplaceSuccess #CareerMindset #CareerStrategy Laura Massetti Founder of Real Work Ready™  www.realworkready.com [http://www.realworkready.com/]