Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "
A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.
I'm your host Gary Nowak and I loved my conversation with Caroline Dillon based on her energy, passion for a multitude of different areas and the way she explores to get the most out of her life and career.
Career Background:
- Joined Google as the Global Learning Communications and Marketing Lead
- Currently Sector lead for executive thought leadership at Google
- Consulted at Gagen MacDonald specializing in Change Management
- Started her career at October Three an actuarial firm where she developed marketing and internal communications
- Earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and creative writing at TCU
- Masters of Science in Communication from Northwestern university
Highlights:
- Podcast fiend
- Obsessed with being a baby sitter
- Theater kid in high school
- California dreaming in high school
- Going to Nashville to sing and song write
- Dad was a musician and entrepreneur
- Get an arts degree with a business minor
- Leverage her background to serve her now
- Using Covid for discovery - visited 22 national parks
- Having great voices around her while growing up to accept the changes
- Leaving Nashville for North Texas
- Being a creative writer
- Transitioning from school to a career, overwhelmed
- Decision NOT to go to grad school after her bachelor
- Everyone else had it figured out
- Everyone should have a customer service job at some point in their life
- Getting a great job in Chicago with a family friend, actuarial firm
- Being able to translate the technical message into something easy to understand
- Getting great mentoring in her first professional job
- Getting honest feedback "this isn't ready"
- Nothing is ever one and done, it takes time and care
- Be really choiceful with where you spend your time and energy
- Trust the process
- Getting a masters while working full time, busy year
- Great 6 months in Toronto, career changing
- Finding change management consulting
- Being in the room where big decisions are being made
- Deep sharing on being a women in business
- Being a canary in a coalmine
- Can be a dog with a bone
- You have nothing to prove
Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!