#WorkMomSays that actively seeking ways to increase your value to your employer and exploring opportunities beyond your current position are key to making more money in 2025. In this episode, discover strategic steps you can take to earn a higher income.
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Episode 43: The Quality of Your Work Determines Your Career Success
#WorkMomSays that the quality of your work – both who you are at work and your work product – determines your success. In this episode, learn just how important the quality of your presentation and relationships as well as your work output are when building a solid career.
Episode 42: Office Politics for Beginners
In this episode, Work Mom Lori Jo Vest discusses the importance of workplace politics and relationships. Her main piece of advice? Prioritize creating positive, connected relationships and exhibiting strategic behavior in the workplace.
Episode 41: The Power of Personal & Professional Growth for Career Success
Trying to level up your personal and professional lives? Try putting an emphasis on growth in both areas, and you’ll grow your career success, too. In this episode, Lori Jo Vest shares ways you can become a lifelong learner and feed your mind with great information that will help you live a life you love.
Episode 40: Finding The Right Career Path
Are you struggling to determine your career path? Career Dad and Work Mom are here to help! Career Dad Kerry Doyle joins us to talk about his work helping young people find their passion and career BEFORE dropping thousands of dollars on college OR if you just don’t feel like college is right for you.
From networking to prioritizing your passions to the many ways to get to know an industry before you enter it, we cover a ton of ground.
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The bestselling author of Who’s Your Gladys? shares 38 essential lessons for creating a successful career. YOU get to learn from the mistakes she’s made throughout her career.
Over her 30+ year career, Lori Jo Vest, aka “Work Mom”, has made just about every professional mistake there is to make and turned those learned lessons into a long, successful career.
From avoiding office romance to removing yourself from drama and taking care of your mental health, Work Mom Says® offers a wide range of advice to help you be strategic in your career and play the emotional contact sport of business. [Read More Here ]
“This book is a must read for all 20 - 25 year olds and a great refresher for ALL adults in the workplace. Lori Jo is raw and real providing wisdom to rapidly accelerate career paths and improve work culture. This is real world advice not found in text books or lectures and is foundational for all future leaders.”
-Jan Griffiths, President and Founder of Gravitas Detroit