dan freehling

#165- Dan Freehling is a career coach specialising in working with top millennial leaders seeking to develop their leadership pipeline.  He explains the different career types there are, the common career pitfalls people face, and how to uncover the category your career falls into.

What you'll learn

• [1:26] What a ‘leadership pipeline’ is.
• [3:30] The main challenges of transitioning to a full-time coach.
• [4:17] The four different meaningful career types: contributor, go-getter, expert and executive.
• [8:43] How to identify the strengths and weaknesses in your career.
• [11:02] The danger of falling off a career path.
• [15:17] The difference between an expert and an executive.
• [17:33] The transition from a go-getter to an executive.
• [20:47] The different aspects of being successful in the workplace.
• [22:59] How to identify what you really want from your work.
• [24:35] How to succeed in the modern career landscape.
• [25:45] How flexible the working landscape is.
• [27:25] How career progression works in the modern world.
• [31:00] Ways to make your CV stand out for a leadership position.
• [33:28] The danger of invisibility, arrogance, disengagement and burnout.
• [37:36] How to know if you’re too arrogant and the negative impacts this can have.
• [39:30] Exercises to keep your career on track.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• The Career Design Map, Dan Freehling
• Career Design Quiz
• The New Reason to Work, Roshan Paul
• Change Work Life Coaching

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/the-four-career-types-which-one-are-you/

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