Chan with a Plan

Charting a New Course: How to Pivot Your Career and Thrive

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Chan with a Plan, Max Speaks with Carol Parker Walsh, Strategic Advisor, Master Certified Executive & Leadership Coach, and Certified Personal Brand Strategist.


During this conversation Carol shares how to make career pivots, about personal branding, and the differences between a midlife crisis and just changing careers midlife.


QUOTES FROM CAROL

  • “I was a lawyer and I decided to move into organizational consulting work, so the industries do not pay the same. Let's just be honest. What I was making at $500 an hour as an attorney, I was not going to get that in a corporate job.”

 

  • “You shouldn't go all in your careers because what happens is as you get older your professional identity becomes more powerful than your own individual identity.”

 

  • “There's so much stigma around mental health, at least among sort of my generation older folks, but around Gen Z, there really isn't as much, and I think that's a really healthy thing.”

 

TIMESTAMPS

  • [01:49] Carol’s journey
  • [06:45] Career change considered a failure?
  • [11:00] Become well-rounded
  • [12:28] Build long lasting relationships
  • [13:40] Midlife crisis
  • [18:01] Career pivoting advice
  • [23:06] Fear of taking a pay cut
  • [26:18] Blocking out what others think
  • [29:37] Midlife crisis vs just wanting change
  • [33:48] Time management
  • [40:18] Changing your environment
  • [42:19] Carol’s main takeaways
  • [47:39] One big obstacle

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