Courage to Advance with Kim Bohr

The Pivot Rules: How Leaders Navigate Career Setbacks Without Breaking


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71% of employees experienced a crisis in the past 24 months, but only 36% of organizations emerged with strengthened trust. The difference? Leaders who understand that career transitions trigger real grief. 

Former NFL quarterback BJ Coleman learned this when told to "find your own way home." Now CEO of Pivotal Health Partners and author of The Pivot, he's developed eight rules for navigating identity crises during career shifts. His key insight? Career loss requires the same grief processing as any significant loss. 

The culprit? Treating transitions as logistical events, not human experiences. Without grief processing, we break trust and strand employees in identity crisis. 

BJ Coleman and Kim Bohr explore: 

  • The "iceberg principle"—mapping your invisible value beyond your title
  • Whycareer grief requires real processing, not just "moving on"
  • Normalizing help-seekingwithout compromising performance 
  • "Choosing your hard"—why acknowledging difficulty empowers change
  • Resources: Download chapter one at bjcoleman.com/the-book 

    A practical framework for helping your people bend without breaking. 

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