Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

Many people are afraid to take risks because it's easier to stay where they feel safe and comfortable. But the problem is that if you aren't willing to get uncomfortable, you could be cheating yourself out of career happiness. Stephanie was plagued with an aversion to risk and was comfortably unhappy in her role. Once she finally saw the writing on the wall, she decided to face her fears and embra...

Are there things that are keeping you from delivering your best work? Maybe you're being micromanaged or struggling to have clarity on expectations or priorities. There are so many things that can hold us back and make us feel like we are failing in our roles. How can y ou take ownership of your role, feel accomplished and find true career happiness? Rachel Cooke, founder of Lead Above Noise, disc...

You know the value you bring to your organization, and you really want to be paid more than what you're currently making. So how do you go about asking for a raise? How do you even begin? And how do you do that in a way that is going to actually get you what you want? Learn how Justin was able to stay with a company he loved and negotiated a raise for more than the amount that he thought he would...

Many college graduates never actually work in the field of study. Alternatively, for those that are able to land a job in their field, the honeymoon phase wears off and then they start to feel like they were meant to do something else entirely. Alexandra Carter, Clinical Professor of Law and world-renowned negotiation trainer, shares how to cultivate relationships, identify what really brings you...

You're ready for a career change, but you're not ready to take a pay cut. The good news is, you don't have to. The best time to increase your salary is actually when you receive that job offer for your ideal role. In this behind the scenes coaching call, you'll hear Scott lay out an entire negotiation strategy for maximizing your job offer without blowing it.    What you'll learn   The techniques...

Laura had landed an amazing new role, successfully switched industries and was really happy with her new career path. But she was exhausted. A few things that aren't talked about much when it comes to career changes for high performers, are the learning curve and exhaustion that come along with starting an entirely new career. As a high performer, you will be working hard to become an expert and g...

The difference between an average career change and a successful career change often lies in the negotiation. David Sally is an author and award-winning teacher of negotiations with years of business experience. He shares what really makes someone a great negotiator - and it's not what you think it is.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://hap...

Have you climbed the corporate ladder only to realize that's not where you really want to be? At 16, Alistair started in retail in the UK, moved to the US and eventually rose to VP of the company. After making a career change within the industry, he realized that executive leadership wasn't a fit anymore. He received regarding his strengths and reflected on what he enjoyed, leading him to pivot to...

If you're the type of high performer that loves to constantly learn new things, whether it's becoming a human-centered leader at your organization, or actively realizing your sense of purpose, it's likely you've already heard of Tom Rath. In this episode, Scott and Tom discuss Tom's new book and one of the most important factors of career happiness. What you'll learn The challenge leadership faces...

How do you take yourself from good to great? This is a question many of us have asked ourselves when thinking about making a career change. For energy engineer Mike Bigelow, moving cities and doing remote job searches have led him to discover his big "value-adds", and eventually achieve career happiness after seeking help from a career coach. Find out why conversations are a lot more powerful than...

We've all been there. We've all, at one point, found ourselves unmotivated at work, slumped in our office chairs and felt the burnout slowly creep up on us. You realize that it's time to move on and make the change, but how do you know where to begin? Well, the journey isn't as daunting as you think. Just take it from six professionals who have all made successful career pivots. In this episode, p...

Many people tend to make the mistake that "signature strengths'' means the same thing as strengths. They may look similar but their definitions - not so much. In this episode, Scott dives into the concept of signature strengths and and how exactly to identify yours. We'll also explore why it's so much more useful to utilize signature strengths when doing a career change and finding an ideal role t...

If you've listened to the podcast for a while, you know one of my most common pieces of career change advice is to figure out what you WANT out of your career. But, for most of us, figuring out what we want can be difficult. We spend so much of our professional lives doing what we NEED to do, that we often lose sight of what we WANT to do. Or, we assume that if we enjoy something too much, it must...

Everyone has a network. And here's a secret… Almost everyone thinks their network isn't big or strong enough to help them land their ideal role. Not true! Studies have shown that it's not the people closest to us who are the really powerful part of our network,it's the "weak ties" (the friends of friends) who truly matter for making things happen. Surprised? Confused? On this week's podcast, Scott...

As our careers advance, we often find that we spend our time in a juggling act, trying to get through the things we have to do, so we can get to the things we want to do. But what if we're thinking about it backwards? Best selling author Greg McKeown shares his philosophy and method for identifying those things in your life that are essential to your happiness and productivity, and clearing away t...

What happens when you have a job that seems prestigious, most people would love to have it, but you can't stand it? We all want to feel successful. Often, that means getting a job that other people regard as important or prestigious, even if the job actually makes us miserable. It's one more way we allow the expectations of others, the unwritten rules, to trap us in a role that isn't a fit. Jackie...

When you're not in your ideal role, your job may look picture perfect from the outside, but internally you are likely struggling with what to do to find real career happiness. This can also be incredibly isolating, because it can be extremely hard to explain to others, even your loved ones, why your career is not satisfying. It's also often hard to come to terms with the fact that it's time for a...

Traditional job searching doesn't work. You decide you want a career change so you start searching for titles you think you would enjoy, but in the end you are trying to squeeze yourself into the box of the few roles you see on job boards. If you do find a role that aligns with what you believe you want out of your career, and you land it, you usually start out excited about your new role… but eve...

We all have strengths and weaknesses, and as we advance through our careers, we learn to cater to our strengths and compensate for our weaknesses. But sometimes, the aspects of our personalities that we think of as weaknesses may be our greatest strengths. Growing up, Ross Loufbourrow thought of ADHD as his greatest weakness. It was only once he graduated college and began his career that he disco...

In an age of email and LinkedIn, networking has never been easier. But networking has also become a dirty word. It means bothering people for favors or having them bother you, and knowing all the time that neither of you has any interest in actually getting to know the other person. Not surprisingly, this kind of transactional networking doesn't really work. On the podcast this week, I chat with D...

One of the greatest assets that you can have in pursuing a career change is a support network of people who understand why career change is so important to you, and why you need their help to get through it. But creating this network may require some uncomfortable conversations. On the podcast this week, I chat with my former client Rebecca Maddox about how she built her support network, and the r...

Career change means leaving an established routine for something unknown, which is scary and, let's face it, risky. That's why I love career experiments as a way to learn about different organizations and roles so you can try before you buy and make sure a new organization or a new role will truly be a fit before you commit to it. On this week's episode, I chat with my HTYC colleague Lisa Lewis ab...

Over the course of our careers, as we grow, evolve, reach different stages in our lives, what once seemed like a dream job may stop feeling that way. And that's great! Because it's an opportunity to learn and explore who we are and what we want now, and then go get it. Kristy Wentz worked in PR for 20 years. And she loved it, until she didn't. When she finally decided to move on, she created her o...

Fear of disappointing others can be a powerful barrier to pursuing your ideal role. In our world today it's not "normal" to get paid to be who you are, using your true strengths instead of just the skills you've picked up in various roles along the way. But, you want to know the weirdest part? By resisting being your most authentic self at all times (because of fear) we are ensuring that we stay u...

The feeling you get when you discover your strengths then gain enough clarity on how to apply them in a career that fits, is like opening up a portal to knowing exactly what you want. You could even say it's like doing self reflection -> exactly how Kirby Verceles described it In this HTYC episode , Scott Anthony Barlow chats with Kirby about how she went from feeling stuck and having to do some s...