OTS 277: Imperfect Action - Liz Brunner

Today’s guest has reinvented herself many times.

She is a best-selling author, executive communications coach, motivational speaker, podcast host, and Emmy award-winning journalist. Her television career spanned 28 years and featured many memorable highlights including one-on-one interviews with prominent figures ranging from professional athletes to global political leaders including President Barack Obama as well as cultural icons such as Oprah Winfrey. She also co-anchored the #1 rated 6 pm newscast at WCVB-TV, NewsCenter 5, and the ABC affiliate in Boston.

She is the author of “Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams into Your Next Chapter.” In this book, she shares that every experience—good or bad, every career step we’ve taken all adds up to experience and skills. All of it is valuable knowledge and can be used to re-create one’s next chapter...if one is willing to think differently about their experiences and can connect the dots, discover the themes and patterns that exist.

Please join me in welcoming Liz Brunner.

In this episode we discuss:

• her thoughts on leadership: “There’s a leader living within all of us. We are not born knowing how to lead, we learn it. Leadership is a journey.”
• her one-time political adversary, Charlie Brown.
• how her ancestry has influenced her life.
• her humble beginnings of being a high school music teacher.
• the bravery it took for Liz to quit her safe job and apply for her first television job.
• how she connects the themes and patterns of all the different jobs in her life.
• an interesting exercise she does as personal development and waking up her network.
• her many mentors, how she finds them, and the lessons she has learned about herself in the process.
• her love of networking events and the importance of networking.
• a LinkedIn tip to clarify the job you’re looking for.
  how she stays in touch with her network.

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