25 The Power of Connections with Nancy Spivey

Nancy Spivey is the Marketing Director for DBL Law, the largest law firm in Northern Kentucky. Before her current role, she’s had an exciting and diverse career starting as a sports writer in high school, print production in college, different roles in PR and Community Development before landing in Northern Kentucky where she worked her way up the ladder to become Chief Operating Officer of the Chamber of Commerce. Throughout her entire career, she has built and cultivated powerful connections, and those connections fueled her success. 

In this episode we talk about:

• How networking and making powerful connections helps you advance your career.
• How networking is not only for when you are looking to make a career move. We talk about all the ways it can add value to you and your career.
• Nancy’s shares her networking game plan that you can start implementing immediately to see big results

Timestamps:

• 2:54 - The value of a diverse career
• 5:17 - Non-linear career growth
• 6:47 - Making a wrong career move
• 8:28 - Why connections matter
• 9:54 - Practical ways to make connections
• 12:59 - Are you too busy to network
• 15:47 - Using connections to add value to your current role
• 17:39 - The value of helping others
• 19:55 - Internal connections
• 22:26 - Genuine and purposeful connections
• 24:15 - Script for networking messages
• 25:45 - Small touch points
• 26:12 - The air traffic controller leader
• 27:39 - Agile Leaders
• 29:14 - Bag O’ Questions
• 32:05 - Key Takeaways