Most Important Skills For A Chief Growth Officer At Switchboard
For Heather, a throughline in various career paths has been "a curiosity about people and their stories," which translates to a strength in relationship building, networking, and effective storytelling, all skills vital to the role of Chief Growth Officer at Switchboard, demonstrated by having initially met the founder through networking.
Networking, Relationship Building, Communication, Career Pivoting, Storytelling
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Heather Trumpfheller
Chief Growth Officer
Switchboard -- https://globalswitchboard.io/
University of Missouri
Creative Writing, Journalism
Technology
Sales and Client Management
Honors Student, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Curiosity about people and their stories is a crucial skill, applicable across various roles like journalism, public relations, sales, and recruiting.
2. Building relationships quickly and effectively is essential for telling people's stories and succeeding in roles that require meeting new individuals.
3. Networking is a valuable skill that can lead to unexpected career opportunities, as demonstrated by meeting the founder of the current startup through a networking event.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
A thread through all my career paths has definitely been a curiosity about people and their stories. This showed up in my journalism, public relations, sales, and recruiting.
A common theme was always that I had to meet new people and build relationships with them, both quickly and effectively, to tell their stories. So now, in my day-to-day, I'm definitely using those skills.
I'm someone who builds relationships and networks. I'm an extrovert, so that comes in handy and shines through. Networking is actually how I met the founder of my startup.
I had been networking with him when I was at the tech company. When I stepped away from that organization, I got connected with him at a networking event. He asked me what I wanted to do next.
That's when I told him about my different career pivots and what I was wanting to do. I asked if he knew anyone who would need someone like me. That's when he said, "Hey, let's build this together." So, networking is definitely a skill that's been very important for my job.