Van Lai-DuMone is the founder of worksmART Advantage, a progressive team development and leadership training consultancy that utilizes creativity, play, and experiential learning to evolve mindset, skill sets, and behaviors in the workplace. Born in Vietnam and raised in Southern California after her family fled Vietnam as war refugees, she watched her parents pave a new life for themselves, seeing first hand how creative thinking, innovation, and curiosity can help people overcome their circumstances. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Santa Barbara and went on to earn her MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
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Worst advice: "Get a job, keep your head down, work hard, and you can have fun when you retire."
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Best advice: "Don't underestimate yourself and ask for what you want."
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Advice for others: "Always be willing to learn."
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Most influential book: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer
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To learn more about worksmART, visit
www.worksmartadvantage.com.
Learn more about Van and her work at
https://createtheenergytolead.com/ and
https://thriveglobal.com/authors/van-lai-dumone.
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Beyond the Resumes is a daily podcast that shares the worst and best life and career advice from globally recognized career leaders, LinkedIn Top Voices, executives, doctors, and entrepreneurs. Jerry, the founder and host of Beyond the Resumes, holds a BS from USC Marshall, an MBA from Michigan Ross, and was a former strategy consultant at Accenture and a sales and marketing leader in multiple industries. He now hopes to share both his and his guests’ extensive careers and experiences through these daily podcasts. Our mission is to be the leading voice for career and life advice for the modern global professional and empower the next generation of modern global leaders by sharing career and life advice to help you find happiness and success.
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