Leaderly quote: If you haven’t had a major fail in your career…
By Jo Miller
“If you haven’t had a major fail in your career — face-plant level — you aren’t trying hard enough.”
— @SallieKrawcheck
Sallie Krawcheck is Chair of Ellevate, a global professional women’s network. In past roles, she was one of the most senior women leaders on Wall Street, in roles such as CFO for Citigroup and CEO of Citi’s wealth management business.
When I came across this quote from Krawcheck, it made me laugh out loud for a couple reasons.
At first, I LOL’d in recognition of the universal truth: That you’ve got to take risks and leaps of faith and mess up and fail if you want to fully realize your potential in your career.
Then I laughed with relief that I got my major career face-plant out of the way relatively early on (I got fired from my first job.)
Have you had a major career fail? If not, why not? And what will you do to try harder?
Jo Miller
Jo Miller is a globally renowned authority on women’s leadership. She’s dedicated two decades to helping women advance into positions of influence by leveraging their leadership strengths. Based on her work with hundreds of thousands of women, she developed a pragmatic and powerful roadmap that guides women to become the leaders they aspire to be. Jo shares this proven process in her book Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build Your Brand, Establish Your Legacy, and Thrive (McGraw Hill, 2019.)
Jo is CEO of leadership development, consulting and research firm Be Leaderly. Learn more about her speaking engagements at www.JoMiller.com and follow @Jo_Miller on Twitter.
By Jo Miller
“If you haven’t had a major fail in your career — face-plant level — you aren’t trying hard enough.”
— @SallieKrawcheck
Sallie Krawcheck is Chair of Ellevate, a global professional women’s network. In past roles, she was one of the most senior women leaders on Wall Street, in roles such as CFO for Citigroup and CEO of Citi’s wealth management business.
When I came across this quote from Krawcheck, it made me laugh out loud for a couple reasons.
At first, I LOL’d in recognition of the universal truth: That you’ve got to take risks and leaps of faith and mess up and fail if you want to fully realize your potential in your career.
Then I laughed with relief that I got my major career face-plant out of the way relatively early on (I got fired from my first job.)
Have you had a major career fail? If not, why not? And what will you do to try harder?
Jo Miller
Jo Miller is a globally renowned authority on women’s leadership. She’s dedicated two decades to helping women advance into positions of influence by leveraging their leadership strengths. Based on her work with hundreds of thousands of women, she developed a pragmatic and powerful roadmap that guides women to become the leaders they aspire to be. Jo shares this proven process in her book Woman of Influence: 9 Steps to Build Your Brand, Establish Your Legacy, and Thrive (McGraw Hill, 2019.)
Jo is CEO of leadership development, consulting and research firm Be Leaderly. Learn more about her speaking engagements at www.JoMiller.com and follow @Jo_Miller on Twitter.
