Your career can provide you with status, structure, and a straightforward answer to the question “Who are you?” Then one day, that answer stops working. Maybe you’re tired of climbing the corporate ladder. Maybe your role disappears in a layoff, merger, or firing. Or perhaps you decide to walk away. Whatever the reason, you might find yourself in a strange middle ground. No longer where you used to be, but not yet where you want to go.

I’m Eric Dickmann, a former corporate executive who spent over 30 years building a career before stepping away to start something new. The transition hasn’t been straightforward; it has been filled with uncertainty, reflection, and the tough realization that identity can quickly become overly attached to a job title. Beyond Expertise exists specifically for that season, when you’re questioning what’s next and who you want to become.

We dig into what career reinvention really looks like: rediscovering interests you buried while building a corporate life, exploring new paths and creative pursuits, rebuilding your network, and uncovering relationships that fit the person you are now. This is a podcast for professionals in transition, for anyone navigating a midlife career change, and for people who still feel they have more to contribute.

If you’re ready to define yourself beyond work and build a next chapter with real fulfillment, subscribe, share this with someone in the in-between, or share a question you’re wrestling with right now.

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Be sure to check out Eric's other show, The Virtual CMO podcast.