Jess Tayel DrFounder, Transformation Leadership Institute · ● Change & Transformation Leaders Mentor ● C-Suite Coach & Advisor ● Senior Executive

Pepper Testimonial - Career and the Transformation Leadership Institute

24 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this testimonial, the speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding and positioning one's personal strengths when making career decisions. She explains that the Go‑To Leader program begins by uncovering individual strengths, identifying where a person adds value, and learning how to leverage those strengths in a way that aligns with one’s problem‑solving style. By combining self‑knowledge (how you work) with knowledge of desired work environments (where you want to work), the speaker outlines a three‑step framework (A: personal work style, B: target roles, C: integration) for navigating career choices. She also highlights the Transformation Leadership Institute (TLI) as a forum for peer conversations, enabling participants to discuss these insights with others facing similar decisions, ultimately leading to more rewarding career outcomes rather than defaulting to the first opportunity that appears.

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I think it's really useful to know how to position yourself and really understand your own strengths. And I know that one of the first things we did in the Go-To Leader program is uncover your strengths, understand where it is that you bring value, and then lean on those and understand how that can be positioned. So then you're never working in a way that's not complementary to how you see the world or how you like to solve problems. In fact, you're going where your strengths are. So I think it's really good when you're making career decisions to have that deeper understanding about A, how you work, and then B, where you would like to work, and then C, how you can combine both of those things to go in the right direction. So I think TLI is a great way to have those conversations with other people who are, who are also thinking about the same thing so that you can come to decisions that will be more, I guess, rewarding for you rather than again just taking the first thing that comes on your table.