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Susan Kushnir: Embracing New Experiences

Talent Experience Podcast Episode 52

Susan Kushnir and Anne Fulton

Fuel50, 2022

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Today’s employees want more varied and flexible career paths that allow them to experiment, learn, and grow. Yet often, employees and executives talk past one another when discussing career development, leading to misunderstandings and divergent expectations. In this episode of The Talent Experience Podcast, human resources specialist and co-author of Decoding Executives Susan Kushnir talks with host Anne Fulton about how employees and executives can close these communication gaps and work together to create more satisfying and fulfilling careers.

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Executives speak differently than their employees, which leads to misunderstandings.

Clear communication with superiors is a common challenge for employees, especially those in earlier career stages. Employees and their managers often draw different conclusions from the same conversation because they are, in essence, speaking different languages. For example, an employee who provides an executive with reams of data gathered from a focus group may think she is responding well to the executive’s request for information. But perhaps the busy executive wants the employee to provide the main take-aways from the research.

In many ways, talking with executives is akin to talking to clients: Employees need to understand the executive’s needs and goals first and then work to meet those expectations. Of course...

About the Podcast

Anne Fulton is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Fuel50 and host of The Talent Experience Podcast. Susan Kushnir is a human resource thought leader, certified coach, Capitol Technology University board member, and co-author of Decoding Executives.

Susan Kushnir: Embracing New Experiences

Talent Experience Podcast Episode 52

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