As a leadership and negotiation strategist, I’m surprised to come across so many professionals hesitant to hire an executive coach. Cost is often cited as the primary reason for going it alone; however, when it comes to embracing the need to invest in one’s career, an executive coach shouldn’t be viewed as a luxury, but rather as a fundamental resource for advancing growth.
Being flexible is always a valuable trait in any work setting, but reinvention is more critical now than ever before. Reinvention can help you balance survival and career if you navigate it well. Don’t let the turbulence of the world today throw you off your career track!
What’s your passion? What do you like to do the most?
It can be hard to know for sure when you’re so enmeshed in your career, and when you’re addressing family demands.
Also, it can be easy to experience frustration and lose motivation in your work if you’re only doing hobbies that benefit your family or career instead of yourself.
No matter how hectic things get, it’s important to pause and think about the people who are close to you.
It’s also critical to show them that you care. Yes, career goals are important, but so is supporting your support system—after all, none of us walk this world alone.
When you think of your career, your current job is probably the first thing that springs to mind. But this job is only a small part of your career journey.
I had the privilege of interviewing some incredible professionals who shared with me how they lead and how they’ve even thrived during this time. Today, I’m excited to pass along the key lessons I learned about how we can define leadership and the core pillars that make it exceptional.
What if you could travel back in time to get a fresh start to your career? What wisdom would you share with your younger self that could help you overcome your doubts and seize your dreams? Over the past several months, I have had the wonderful opportunity to pose these questions to several leading professionals. The responses they shared were more than I could have hoped for! Wherever you find yourself along your professional journey, I am sure you will find the advice they shared to be valuable, interesting, and maybe even inspirational. I am thrilled to share what they so openly shared with me and hope that their insights can give you a fresh perspective on your professional path.
In a world full of uncertainty and unknowns, it might seem this is not the time to negotiate for our career growth and compensation. I disagree. The only way to combat fear is by engaging in more negotiation opportunities throughout your career. A good place to start is to empower yourself not only with information but also with confidence.
A dynamic leader with extensive experience in both the public and private sector, Chris brings together a unique mix of business acumen and technical knowledge. Today, he uses his expertise to guide Entergy’s transmission operations to help them deliver electricity to 3 million utility consumers across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. During our discussion, he shared how a people-centered leadership style has helped his team continue providing essential services to their customers, at a time when they’ve needed it most.
A strategic C-level executive herself, Jean brings a breadth of knowledge from a variety of industries to build, scale and transform organizations from small to large public companies. As the leader of ScaleUp Edge, she convenes a wide community of executive leaders, enabling them to overcome shared challenges and thrive together in ways that are often difficult for isolated leaders to accomplish. During our conversation, she shared how her leadership experience informs how she embraces change, harnesses diversity and builds teams that can succeed in complex environments.
