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Hannah McGowan: Career Coaching; Practices of High Performers; Communicating with Managers
Hannah McGowan is the founder of a talent and corporate development consultancy. She specializes in cultivating crucial soft skills in individuals and transforming business management strategies to boost engagement and results. Hannah also worked as a childhood counselor for years, and we talk about the transition from personal to professional counseling. This conversation highlights communicating with your managers, shifting career goals over time, and what makes for high performers in the workplace.
After years in sales and counseling roles, Hannah took the leap to start her own business as a talent development coach in 2021. She graduated from Boston College ten years prior and started her career in a healthcare consulting position, where she was promoted rapidly. She said that what contributed to her success was her eagerness to contribute to the business beyond her day-to-day responsibilities. She developed a training program for new hires and realized that her genuine affinity was consulting with individuals over corporates.
She got her master’s at Harvard’s graduate school of education and served in many counseling positions focused on empowering students. Now as the head of Hannah McGowan Coaching, she is bringing her talents to individuals looking for career and advice and corporates looking for management tools. She specializes in cultivating crucial soft skills for individuals to succeed and adapt across jobs. More than what someone should study/pursue as a career, Hannah is focused on how to make those decisions.
Entering the second year of her business, she is focusing on transforming organizational management strategy to boost engagement and results. We discuss the gap in quality development opportunities and how Hannah builds a strengths-based learning culture at the businesses she works with.
In this fascinating and thoughtful conversation about creating a sustainable ethos surrounding work, Hannah gives tips for choosing a college major, common traits of high performers, shifting definitions of success throughout your career, communicating with managers, and advocating for yourself in the workplace.
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Hannah McGowan is the founder of a talent and corporate development consultancy. She specializes in cultivating crucial soft skills in individuals and transforming business management strategies to boost engagement and results. Hannah also worked as a childhood counselor for years, and we talk about the transition from personal to professional counseling. This conversation highlights communicating with your managers, shifting career goals over time, and what makes for high performers in the workplace.
After years in sales and counseling roles, Hannah took the leap to start her own business as a talent development coach in 2021. She graduated from Boston College ten years prior and started her career in a healthcare consulting position, where she was promoted rapidly. She said that what contributed to her success was her eagerness to contribute to the business beyond her day-to-day responsibilities. She developed a training program for new hires and realized that her genuine affinity was consulting with individuals over corporates.
She got her master’s at Harvard’s graduate school of education and served in many counseling positions focused on empowering students. Now as the head of Hannah McGowan Coaching, she is bringing her talents to individuals looking for career and advice and corporates looking for management tools. She specializes in cultivating crucial soft skills for individuals to succeed and adapt across jobs. More than what someone should study/pursue as a career, Hannah is focused on how to make those decisions.
Entering the second year of her business, she is focusing on transforming organizational management strategy to boost engagement and results. We discuss the gap in quality development opportunities and how Hannah builds a strengths-based learning culture at the businesses she works with.
In this fascinating and thoughtful conversation about creating a sustainable ethos surrounding work, Hannah gives tips for choosing a college major, common traits of high performers, shifting definitions of success throughout your career, communicating with managers, and advocating for yourself in the workplace.