Building Credibility with James Blanco

Zicklin GCMC Podcast

In this episode, James Blanco, EVP and Head of Corporate Development for OneMain Financial, one of the nation’s largest consumer finance businesses, speaks with Justyn Makarewycz about building credibility at work and in personal relationships. Topics include:

• Listening as a way to be a more effective communicator
• Performing analysis to improve business judgements, rather than using them for their own sake
• How credibility is at the core of personal relationships
• Putting general career advice into practice

James and Justyn also briefly share how things are personally going for each of them while observing shelter-in-place.

Books mentioned in the podcast include

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avos)
• The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

The episode is hosted by Justyn Makarewycz, Associate Director of Employer Relations at the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justyndm/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!