Choosing the right coach involves understanding their approach and expertise for personal development.
Balancing immediate goals with long-term aspirations while honing management skills is crucial for career advancement.
Deep dives
Navigating the World of Coaching
Choosing a coach can be daunting when seeking personal development. Finding the right coach involves understanding their approach and expertise and evaluating whether coaching is benefiting and guiding you effectively.
Navigating Career Aspirations
Catherine, aiming for higher roles like being a chief of staff or a C-suite executive, grapples with defining her career path. She reflects on her journey from high-profile internships to leading strategy teams, focusing on effectively managing others to further progress.
Building Leadership Skills
Transitioning to senior roles necessitates assessing technical expertise, functional skills, leadership differentiators, and strong business acumen. Identifying leadership abilities and business fundamentals is key to aspiring for senior executive positions.
Strategizing Future Growth
Approaching career advancement with flexibility and readiness for diverse experiences propels professional growth. Balancing immediate goals with long-term aspirations while honing management skills sets the stage for fulfilling leadership roles in the future.
She has risen very quickly in her career, often being the youngest in the room. She’s ambitious and wants to make it to the C-suite eventually, but she doesn’t know the right moves to make in the short term to fast-track her way to the top.
Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to align her career path with her goals.