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

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

 

RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS

• Carol Parker Walsh on Social Media:
  • LinkedIn
• Chan With A Plan
• Max Chan on Social Media