902 Advizers
Shanna
CEO/Founder/Head Consultant
Prima Consulting
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey MBA
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey
Q1Career path
Executive/Leadership
Career Development
Overcoming Challenges
3:03
"you'll probably go through something at some point in everybody's life that you lose your job. And I was like, panicked, but you figure it out."
Q2Main responsibilities
Financial Management
Entrepreneurship
Small Business Management
0:32
"I do everything from QuickBooks accounting, financial statements all the way through coaching, building development, um, and finding new business."
Q3Day in the life
Executive/Leadership
Networking
Marketing
1:10
"The difference between working on your business and working in your business. And I'm still working on this balance."
Q4Most important skills - role
Resilience
Communication
Problem-Solving
1:32
"the ability to listen to others and understand where others are coming from without putting judgment or shame or blame"
Q5Favorite parts - role
Leadership
Career Development
Mentorship
0:40
"I love seeing others grow. I really love seeing people get to that 'aha' moment where they're like, oh, I can do that!"
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Ethical Dilemmas
Executive/Leadership
Overcoming Challenges
1:01
"The hardest thing for me is knowing who I can help with my skillset and my services, and deciding when I may not be the right person for them."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Problem-Solving
Executive/Leadership
Communication
1:08
"It's so many people out there looking to help others that I get to learn from them, techniques that they do, uh, programs that they offer."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Executive/Leadership
Coaching
Mentorship
1:16
"But it's the people who thrive are the ones who bring something to the table that you can't get somewhere else."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Executive/Leadership
Overcoming Challenges
Industry Realities
1:13
"The hardest thing is figuring out what's worth the effort - what will actually grow my business?"
Q10Entry-level positions
Research
Presentation Skills
Content Creation
1:10
"I think that there's an opportunity to kind of collaborate and brainstorm while having a job that you can produce materials, bring research in, data charts, to help the coach and the presenter."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Motivation
Career Development
Executive/Leadership
1:04
"I think continuously challenging yourself to grow and to learn has been something that's just driven me."
Q12College ideas for success
Academic Engagement
Networking
Mentorship
2:49
"getting involved in your community, building that network and, and maintaining that network over years has really, um, has really helped me."
Q13How identity impacted career
Authenticity
Gender in the Workplace
Leadership
2:31
"we all bring something amazing to the table and faking it till you make it doesn't actually get you to make it happily."
Q14Most impactful experience at W.P. Carey
Professors
Higher Education
Finance
1:36
"He was so passionate about how you could use these tools to build and people's net worth and save their net worth and the purpose of it, that it made it exciting,"

