Work can matter a lot to you without becoming who you are. Michelle A. Bourque talks with Marisa Burnett about work and identity, self-worth, and learning to trust yourself as you decide what success looks like next.
If you're good at your job, it's easy for the job to start answering the question "who are you?" Marisa, who spent more than 20 years in sales and sales leadership, says she is still working out how to introduce herself without a title or an organization attached.
They also talk about what it took for Marisa to step into leadership when the leadership team didn't look like her, why leadership is influence you're probably already using, and a simple reset she reaches for when she feels anxious about a conversation. Because it came up, they also get into how Marisa is using AI to save her energy for the work only she can do.
In this episode
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How work and identity get tangled up
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Stepping into leadership when the leaders around you don't look like you
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Leadership is influence: taking inventory of where you already have it
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Noticing the quiet nudges that something needs to shift
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Separating your worth from your results
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Taking the time to decide what's next
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Using AI to save your energy for the work only you can do
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One belief about success Marisa is rewriting
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Upgrading the strategies that built you: "Is there a next iOS?"
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A gratitude reset for anxious moments
Timestamps (estimated) 00:00 Welcome and meet Marisa Burnett 01:50 Marisa's path: sales rep, district manager, and national training 08:45 Leading when the leadership team doesn't look like you 12:45 Leadership is influence (and you're already doing it) 17:10 Nudges, whispers, and the three-year move 20:45 Separating your worth from the number 23:45 Taking the time to choose what's next 28:55 Using AI to save your energy for the work only you can do 36:00 One belief about success Marisa is rewriting 37:20 Being the same person at home that you are at work 38:55 "Is there a next iOS?" Upgrading the strategies that built you 40:30 A gratitude reset 42:55 Where to find Marisa, and Michelle's closing thought
Questions to sit with this week
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Where am I already influencing people, whether or not it's in my job title?
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Can I be the same person at home that I am at work?
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What would I say if someone asked who I am without my title?
About Marisa Burnett: Marisa is a commercial leadership executive with more than 20 years of experience in medtech sales and sales leadership. She most recently served as director of US Commercial training at Medtronic, where she led commercial leadership development across multiple portfolios and trained more than 1,000 sales and clinical professionals. A proud Southerner and farm girl at heart, she now lives in Southern California and is a stepmom to three teenagers. She's passionate about authentic leadership and developing others.
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