Emily Perron: Breaking the Mold. Navigating Unconventional Paths to True Career Fulfillment

Meet Lauren Collins Scott. Lauren and I sat down right at the start of her first career sabbatical in which she is creating necessary space to reflect and find her next. In today’s episode Lauren not only shares her career journey but also sprinkles in so much wisdom including:

• How design thinking taught her skills to navigate ambiguity
• Building support systems around you to be effective in your role
• Speaking up when it matters
• How working as an expatriate in London deepened her empathy to the lived experiences of others and made her acutely aware of the importance of creating a sense of belonging for everyone.
• And so much more

Most recently, Lauren was the Global Chief Impact Officer for IDEO and prior to that she served as Chief of Staff in the CEO’s Office and Head of DEI where during the global pandemic she found herself not just stewarding collaboration across teams but operating as the tip of the spear in navigating unprecedented challenges. 

Lauren is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute and holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.

Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn

Meet Dr. Soodeh Farokhi, Chief Product Officer for NAKISA, a global leader in HR and Finance B2B software. Just listen to her impressive resume. Among her many accolades Soodeh has founded two successful startups including C2RO, an award winning AI Video Analytics platform. In 2018, Soodeh was named a finalist for the Young Quebec Entrepreneurs Provisional Award, and in 2020 she was a finalist for Canadian Women Entrepreneurs National Award. She is also the co-founder of the Women of MENA (Middle Eastern North Africa) in Tech community (Montreal Chapter), and an advisory committee member of the Women in Leadership Foundation in Canada. She serves as a business advisor and board member for several tech startups and organizations and is a public speaker at product/D&I/startup events. She has a PhD. in computer science from Vienna and an M.Sc., and a B.Sc. in SW Eng.

On today’s episode Soodeh shares her remarkable journey including:

• Making the choice to become a citizen of the world and leave her home country of Iran
• Navigating motherhood as the Founder and CTO of a growing tech startup
• Prioritizing what matters to her most
• Finding investors and leaders who aligned with her values and priorities
• This and so much more

I can’t wait for you to meet this remarkable woman.

Show Notes:

• Follow or connect with Soodeh on LinkedIn
• Amy K Musson podcast episode
• Need help uncovering what matters? You can purchase the 2024 Starter Pack.  Looking for more hands on experience? Buy the Design Your Year Coaching 4-Pack. which includes the 2024 Starter Pack, 3 1-hour coaching sessions, and 1 Annual Review

It's Part 3 of Set Your 2024 Vision series in which we will walk setting goals and initiatives to help you  achieve your definition of success. 

On today's episode we will cover:

• Myth of Self Control and how to make goal attainment easier
• Focusing on initiatives that are within your control

If you are interested in additional support to set your vision for 2024 here are additional options:

• Download the 2024 Starter Pack. Use code NEWYEAR24 through January for 50% off
• Purchase Design Your Year Coaching 4-Pack. which includes the 2024 Starter Pack, 3 1-hour coaching sessions, and 1 Annual Review

Listen to Emily Perron's full episode here

It's Part 2 the Set Your 2024 Vision series in which we will walk through exercises and strategies to help you  achieve your definition of success. 

Today's episode is all about directional goals. Directional goals allows you to move towards your goal while gathering information that will help you continue to refine it over time. On today's episode we will cover how to:

• Avoid escalation of commitment with our goals
• Get started on our goals even if we can't see the entire pathway yet
• Create your personal directional goal

If you are interested in additional support to set your vision for 2024 here are additional options:

• Download the 2024 Starter Pack. Use code NEWYEAR24 through January for 50% off
• Purchase Design Your Year Coaching 4-Pack. which includes the 2024 Starter Pack, 3 1-hour coaching sessions, and 1 Annual Review

Happy New Year Tiders!

It's that time of year where we turn the page on a new calendar year in the dead of winter. You are likely coming off putting energy into finishing out the last year strong at work while also managing the holidays and for some of you dealing with having the kiddos home for that week between Christmas and New Years. Somewhere amidst all of this we expect ourselves to create  resolutions for the new year and put undue pressure on ourselves to have a plan January 1. Is it really that surprising that most resolutions fail?

That's why this year we are disrupting old patterns. Together we will walk through a series of exercises that help you tap into insights from 2023 and how to leverage those to set your vision for the coming year. And it's kicking off with today's episode where we focus on 2023 reflection. On this episode I'll share how to:

• Capture key highlights and learnings from the last year
• Identify the themes or through-lines across your life in 2023
• Share these findings with others
• Add any catalyst events to your lifeline document

I look forward to jumpstarting the year with you. 

p.s. If you are interested in additional support for the exercises here are additional options:

•  Download the 2024 Starter Pack. Use code NEWYEAR24 through January for 50% off
• Purchase Design Your Year Coaching 4-Pack. which includes the 2024 Starter Pack, 3 1-hour coaching sessions, and 1 Annual Review 

Show Notes:

• Presence by Amy Cuddy
• The Power of Regret by Dan Pink

Tis' the season of corporate layoffs. Re-sharing one of the most downloaded podcasts in 2022 with an updated intro for 2023. 

You just got fired. Now what?

No matter how it happened, being fired hurts. It feels personal.  Whether you want it or not you are forced to make a change. But what if getting fired could be a catalyst? What if this could be the greatest thing to happen for you? 

On today's episode we will explore:

• This is a loss. What the stages of grief look like after a termination
• Importance of sitting in your feelings
• Recognizing when you are ready to begin ideating on your next chapter
• Exercises to maximize learnings
• How to leverage your insights and network to begin your new chapter

Exercise Resources:

• Postmortem - Pages 4-6
• Design Your Career Starter Pack (includes QXR Template + Foundations Workbook (use code EOY2023 for 50% off)
• QXR Template
• Book a QXR 1:1 coaching session

Links Referenced in Podcast

• When Job Titles Hurt Instead of Help You
• Toxic vs. Tough Work Environments: Knowing Whether to Stay or Go
• Dr. Jennifer Rittenhouse: Imposterism and the Paths We Choose
• HBR: When getting fired is good for your career
• The Power of Regret by Dan Pink

Meet Ivana Robinson. Ivana began her career as a Risk Advisory Consultant for Deloitte where she quickly realized she had a propensity for the job. After several years on the predetermined career path Ivana sensed she was passively moving through her career rather than actively designing it. Sure she was great at the work and a path to partner was laid out before her. But was this really what she wanted?Then a trip to Antarctica would change everything. On today's episode we discuss:

• Ivana reclaimed her career
• Criteria Ivana uses to inform  big decisions
• Tuning and trusting her intuition

Ivana is a life and leadership coach who provides coaching programs and education to help professionals gain the confidence and clarity to rewrite the rulebook for their life—on their terms. She also is the Co-Founder of Reclaim: The Retreat. The retreat for women and femmes who want to reclaim their lives, happiness, and peace.

Show Notes:

• Connect with Ivana on LiinkedIn
• Get Your 2024 Starter Pack - Use code EOY23 to get 50% off

🎶"It's the most busiest time of year"🎶

The final month of 2023 is upon us. For high achievers it is a landmine of "shoulds". With holiday celebrations, end of year parties, family obligations, social commitments, and looming deadlines it is easy to find yourself surviving until you can recover during your holiday break.

Today's episode is your permission and encouragement to honor what is best for you. We will talk through navigating the burnout FOMO and small ways to start setting yourself up for 2024.

Show Notes:

• Get your 2024 Starter Pack - Use  code EOY23 to get save 50%

Meet Tamika Rush, SVP of AMB Sports and Entertainment, parent company to the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, and Mercedes Benz Stadium. Tameka is one of the foremost leaders on corporate sponsorships in the NFL, her team was responsible for hosting one of the largest Covid-19 Vaccine locations in Atlanta,GA at Mercedes Benz Stadium, and under her tutelage the Falcon’s have risen to #1 in Voice of the Fan. On today's episode Tamika shares the tumultuous journey that ultimately led her to a full-time position at the Atlanta Falcons, including a decision that nearly cost her everything she had spent 7 years working towards. Later in the episode Tameka shares powerful leadership lessons learned through her prolific 17 year career with AMB Sports and Entertainment.

I can’t wait for you to meet this amazing woman. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

• Connect/Follow Tameka on LinkedIn
• 43% of Women are burned out
• Atomic Habits
• Failing Forward
• Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
• Getting More

Meet Emily Perron, Emily holds masters in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is a Productivity coach, helping creative entrepreneurs, freelancers, and individuals appreciate their unconventional career paths and tap into the power of their unique Zone of Genius

Throughout the first decade of her career Emily found herself on the burnout hamster wheel. Despite changing careers three times she continued finding herself excelling at work and still unfulfilled and exhausted. The root problem was not the career path but instead what inputs she used to define success.

Today’s episode is a special hybrid in which we get to hear Emily’s career journey and learn from her expertise as a productivity coach. We discuss:

• The issue with existing goal frameworks for individuals
• The danger of chasing what others define as success
• Embracing the full power of an unconventional path
• And so much more

I can't wait for you to meet this amazing woman. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

• Connect with Emily on LinkedIn , follow her YouTube Channel - Work Your Way, and follow her on Instagram
• Curious about Emily's Productivity Coaching? Learn more here
• The Art of Work