Bossed Up How to Navigate a Career Crossroads
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Apr 7, 2020 Helen Hanison, a UK-based executive coach, specializes in guiding professionals through career resets aligned with their core values. She shares insights on navigating career transitions, particularly for women managing personal changes. The conversation explores the complexities of achieving career-life synergy and the importance of accepting all emotions, not just positivity. Helen emphasizes the entrepreneurial mindset needed in uncertain times and the value of coaching and community support in fostering professional growth.
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From Boardroom To Coaching
- Helen describes a career-to-motherhood pivot that led her into coaching after retraining in psychology and positive psychology.
- She uses her own lost-years experience to help others avoid prolonged transitions.
The Success Trap And Identity Shift
- Helen calls the career success trap an identity conflict that often follows becoming a parent and shifting priorities.
- She says one priority will be dropped eventually unless you consciously realign work with life values.
Choose Synergy Over Balance
- Helen reframes work-life balance as transactional and suggests aiming for career-life synergy instead.
- Focusing on meaningfulness, not just time, resolves deeper misalignment.