Mark Herschberg on The Career Toolkit

Apr 1, 2022

Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years.

 

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Author and business leader Mark Herschberg discusses his book The Career Toolkit, how to identify the skills you need to develop, increase your reach, and grow as a leader.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Mark's portfolio
• Doing multiple things
• What skills are lacking
• The Career Toolkit
• Increasing reach to people outside your field
• Networking
• Responsibility balanced with skills
• Leadership
• Breadth vs depth
• Peer learning group

Website:

• www.thecareertoolkitbook.com

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This episode was edited by Studio184.