Relationship Building, Transferable Skills, and Professional Growth with Penny S. Edwards, MS, BS

Making her first ever visit to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Penny S. Edwards, MS, BS.

Penny currently serves as Faculty Development Program Manager in the Office of Faculty Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville.

As the title of today’s episode implies, there are plenty of great nuggets on relationship building and utilizing transferable skills to attain professional growth in this interview.

“To do the things that you are passionate about and to be promoted, sometimes you have to leave the institution you're at,” Penny told us.

Change is a major theme of today’s show. As we learn, there might be many different skills you have earned over the years that are transferable to a new position you have your eye on. Through listening to Penny’s story, we get some great examples of this in today’s chat.

“I think sometimes we need to take a step and understand there are aspects of the work that we’re doing that are the same characteristics you need in any sort of relationship-building enterprise,” she said.

There are qualities relevant to many different environments in this profession and taking a step back for some good old fashioned reflection can help us better identify these qualities.

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