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Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast

92: Going for the Ask and Thriving After Being Fired with Robin Merle

March 30, 2022 • John Neral • Season 2

0:00 | 32:27

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At one of the highest points in her career, Robin Merle was told she was no longer needed. This “stun gun moment” fueled her book, Involuntary Exit: A Woman’s Guide to Thriving After Being Fired, which chronicles what happens to women leaders when they are let go from their organizations.

Robin Merle has helped raise over half of a billion dollars in philanthropy for various organizations. Today, she is the principal of Robin Merle Associates, LLC.

In this episode, you will learn why Robin’s career in philanthropy and fundraising was so successful, how to Deal with “No” in your career, and what Robin has learned from her Involuntary Exit as well as the women she’s researched who’ve experienced the same thing.

You can connect with Robin via email at robin@theprofessionalguide.com. Also, visit her website, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. You can get a copy of Robin’s book on Amazon.

Key Topics & Time Stamps:

· Meet Robin Merle (0:05)

· The Importance of Writing (5:17)

· Why Robin’s career in philanthropy and fundraising was so successful (6:31)

· How to “Go for the Ask” (10:02)

· How to Deal with “No” (13:45)

· About Robin’s Involuntary Exit (17:11)

· About Compassionate Firing (20:09)

· About the Grief Cycle of Losing Your Job (24:00)

· Robin’s Advice to Help You Build Your Mid-Career GPS (27:04)

· How to Connect with Robin (29:28)

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