Significant Career Lesson From a Director Product Marketing at Meta Inc.
Kati, a Director of Product Marketing at Meta, overcame imposter syndrome by proactively soliciting feedback after key interactions, asking for "one positive piece of feedback and one constructive" to guide improvement. This consistent effort to learn and adapt through incremental behavioral changes became a significant driver of career success.
Overcoming Challenges, Imposter Syndrome, Feedback and Self-Improvement, Communication Skills, Leadership Development
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Kati McGee
Director, Product Marketing
Meta Inc.
University of Texas at Austin, graduated 2010
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Technology, Advertising, Communications & Marketing
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Video Highlights
1. Overcome imposter syndrome by actively seeking feedback.
2. Request both positive and constructive feedback to gain a balanced perspective.
3. Use feedback to make small, incremental improvements and enhance performance
Transcript
What is one lesson that you have learned that has proven significant in your career?
I believe I have imposter syndrome, as do many people, especially women entering this field. Something I had to get over early on is the idea that feedback doesn't mean you did a bad job or made a mistake.
I started asking for feedback after every major interaction. You don't want to ask the same people too often, but after leadership meetings, presentations, or important reviews, ask someone for one positive and one constructive piece of feedback.
This way, you hear both sides. I tend to frame it by asking, "What's one thing I did really well that resonated with you? And what's one thing that could have gone better?"
You're guiding the person to give you feedback. Seeing the feedback over time and responding to it, understanding that you can make small, incremental changes to your behavior, is the best thing anyone ever told me. It's been the biggest indicator of my career success.
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