EP 71 - Meet Nona King, Founder & CEO, Career Catalyst Group

I Choose the Ladder

In this episode you meet Nona King. Nona is a career strategist and global marketing leader who coaches young professionals of color to learn practical career planning and job search tools and builds their influential networks to establish and navigate the professional world. After spending over 25 years building an impactful and rewarding career as a senior marketing executive at companies like L’Oreal, Coca-Cola and Himalaya, where she grew global brands to peak performance and created high performance teams, Nona’s passions and core differentiator are centered around developing future leaders. Nona knows what truly drives job promotions, leadership opportunities and pay advancement - and it’s not mastering job tasks. It’s how well you know your value, build meaningful connections and lead by serving others. Complementary to Nona's widely successful career, she is an MBA graduate of Washington University John M. Olin School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Vanderbilt University. Nona King celebrates life as a wife and mother of two and resides in Houston, Texas. Some of the things that we discussed that stood out to me were about: - Finding your passion - Putting yourself out there to get unstuck - The importance of writing things down in a journal - How she’s using the skills she acquired in corporate America to build her business - Depositing into your success bank - The benefits of living by a calendar - Stepping outside of your comfort zone Prioritizing yourself Prioritizing family above all else