For almost 20 years Madisen Harper
has coached, mentored and helped
people move from loathing, to
liking, to even loving their job.
From the age of 23 she was a
Marketing Manager for an
international publishing company
where she represented her firm in
both the United States and
Australia. She was impatient and
aspiring, wanting to climb the
corporate ladder as quickly as
possible to obtain new skills, lead
exciting projects, achieve business
success, be well remunerated and
work with her team to optimize the
use of their talents and build their
skills.
Madisen didn't believe experience
was based on how many years someone
was in a job (goodness knows she'd
seen enough 'dead wood' floating
around companies who'd been there
for decades!) BUT how
well they did their job
and their ability to be proactive
and learn.
7 Super Success Strategies to Become
a Manager
are the techniques she used, and
taught others, to fast track their
careers from team member to team
leader, supervisor or manager. The
process comes from almost two
decades of helping people build
their careers and the many years she
spent consulting for a national
management institute.
Everybody has to start somewhere and
she noticed her methods got people
noticed for all the right reasons.
Her mainstream consultancy was born
from the desire to help people
achieve a level of job satisfaction
as she knows what it feels like to
have Monday-itis five days a week.
During her first year of work
Madisen desperately wanted out of
her fledgling marketing career.
Although highly ambitious she didn’t
enjoy the corporate politics, her
co-workers reluctance to try new
things, trading time for money and
having to beg for vacation time.
She was constantly looking for
escape routes to avoid the
advertising boss who said, “You’re
stuffing up the company’s whole
phone system because of the way
you’re hanging up the phone” (she’s
left handed) to the Managing
Director of a publishing house who
talked like John Wayne and kept her
holed up in the conference room for
days ‘coaching’ her on exactly what
not to say about the declining sales
during the American CEO’s upcoming
visit.
After 10 years of being
‘institutionalized’ in the corporate
world she decided, “There’s more to
life than this crap.” She resigned
from her job and started a fashion
business called 2Roads Design. She
worked in the business with her best
friend and enjoyed the freedom,
creativity, positive environment and
the fact decisions could be made
fast. 2Roads did not achieve the
financial success Madisen hoped for
so after three semi-successful years
the business was sold.
At times she commiserated over
2Roads’ ‘failure’ but later realized
it taught her what she was
passionate about – communicating.
The business received millions of
dollars in media coverage due to
Madisen’s success at promoting the
company’s positive message of
healthy body image and self-esteem.
She was a sought after spokesperson,
featured in dozens of publications
and held motivating seminars. The
feedback was consistent – she was
inspirational.
She reluctantly left the rewarding
work of 2Roads and returned to what
she knew best – strategic business
and marketing consulting. Except
this time she started her own
business and has been consulting to
businesses large and small ever
since.
Her return to the corporate world
reminded her why she left in the
first place as she was surrounded by
hundreds of employees who were
miserable in their jobs and waiting
until the end of the day, the
weekend, the next pay check or
vacation. They were always looking
forward and rarely living in what
they perceived to be the unpalatable
present.
At least this time Madisen had the
freedom of being her own boss and
found she was able to create a space
where she did not get involved in
the negative aspects of the
corporate world that previously
bothered her. But she couldn’t
ignore her colleague’s unhappiness
and she spent less time on marketing
and more and more time helping
people move from loathing, to liking
and sometimes even loving their job.
She encouraged them to escape
unfulfilling work by changing their
attitude, behavior or environment.
Little by little Madisen saw her
clients change the way they felt
about their work by:
Identifying what wasn’t working in
their current job and either working
with their company to change it or
moving to a new role which was more
aligned with what they enjoyed.
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Starting
to work part-time on activities they were passionate
about with the aim of moving from their current
dissatisfying role to their dream job.
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Determining their beliefs and values and using them to
make their decisions. All of a sudden it became easier
to respond to requests regarding working unpaid overtime
for the third time in a week.
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here to determine your values.
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Realizing that most of their unhappiness stemmed from
fear. Fear of losing their job, fear of speaking up,
fear of bullies, fear of asking for what they are worthy
of such as respectful work conditions or a pay rise.
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Recognizing their self worth. Many settle for less
because they don’t value themselves or their
contributions. Madisen helped clients recognize what
they enjoy and do best in their work which made them
feel integral to the organization’s success.
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Finding
strength in the 'power of one'. Discovering evidence in
one situation or person to achieve the desired. Use the
'power of one' to know in your heart that your goal is
doable. Who knows, you might become someone else's
'power of one' by sharing your story. A wonderful life
isn't just for a lucky few - it can be for everyone.
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Not
battling; with their boss, their colleagues, their
clients, their job. When they changed their attitude to
achieve a win-win outcome everything flowed easily and
amicably.
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Being
more positive about their abilities and life in general
and banning gossip, whinging, politicking and other low
level behavior.
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Understanding the difference between hating their job vs
disliking the company or people they work with.
Madisen aims to banish the world of
bad bosses, crappy co-workers, manipulative managers and
uninspired employees. She actively helps people move from
loathing, to liking and (maybe) even loving their jobs by
changing their attitude, behavior and / or environment...one
employee at a time.
She recently co-authored a book with
internationally renowned Millionaire Mentor Gregory Scott
Reid , success expert Brian Tracy, human potential coach and
über publicist Arielle Ford and ‘The Secret’s’ business
mentor John Assaraf and spiritual leader Michael Beckwith.
The book will be available in 2009 and is entitled, Wake
Up…Live the Life You Love – Living in the Now.
Madisen holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Psychology with a minor in Mass Communications, a
Masters of Commerce in Marketing with a minor in
Organizational Behavior and Change and an Advanced Diploma
in Freelance Journalism.
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