With my personal brand at risk, I accepted and used feedback to turn things around.
I had just started my dream job as the L&D lead for my company’s sales enablement team after a 13-year run as a field salesperson. My new peers were impressive, with years of experience in various aspects of talent development. They were close with each other, moved fast, talked faster, and used terms I didn’t know.
I quickly felt out of my element. Then fear overcame me as I worried that sooner or