Dare to Live Fully: Office Do's and Don'ts

Today Helene’s guest is Deb Boblitt, senior vice president at State Farm. Deb transitioned from teaching to business, and by trusting her gut and being receptive to feedback from her peers she advanced through the ranks of leadership. 

Check out some of the highlights of the program here:

DEB:  For the majority of my career with the company, I’ve been in a leadership role. I’ve had 10-12 bosses over that period of time... all of whom were not easy to work with. How I got through those situations was to say,  “Am I in a role that I love to do? Despite the style of leadership working with this individual, do I know that my job is what I want to do?”

[On self sabotage…]

Probably one of the biggest [ways women sabotage themselves] is trying to be someone they think they’re supposed to be. No matter what your position is, no matter what company you work for, if you think you’re supposed to act like “x”, that is sabotaging. It gets in your way of becoming the most successful person that you can be with the unique skills that you bring to the table. Everyone has a unique package, and you need 

to leverage that.

HELENE:  Another way that I see women diminishing themselves, is when they don’t claim their own accomplishments. When I started my career I didn’t know how to claim my accomplishments. I had a male boss and he would do it every time, and I would just shadow him and see what he was doing. I’d go home at night and practice in front of a mirror! Now I feel comfortable saying that I’ve won several Emmys, and that we have millions of people talking about us on Facebook today. I can share my strength. I think it’s very important that women share and step up in that way.

[On getting feedback…]

The way you think you appear and the way people perceive you may be two different things. If we don’t get proper feedback, we may derail ourselves. But you need to look at the source, because not everyone is sincere and wanting to help you. Take the feedback that fits and leave the rest.  We need to develop a few relationships that really have our best interests at heart.

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