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Jun 2024
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173: Now You Can Make Hard Career Decisi...

Zach White
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Are you ready to make career decisions with clarity and confidence?

 

Listen now and learn how aligning your values and vision leads to better career decisions!

 

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When you’re ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:

 

1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational insights you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.

 

2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open coaching for you at the end of the session.

 

3. Work with me directly … start with a free chat and ensure it’s a great fit, then work with me and my team privately in our exclusive coaching program for engineering leaders.

 

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In this episode, I explore the critical importance of aligning your core values and vision before making significant career decisions. 

 

Drawing from my experience working with an engineering leader named Ashley, who faced a pivotal career move, I illustrate how defining your values and vision ahead of time can transform decision-making from a stressful and uncertain ordeal into a confident and clear process. 

 

You'll learn why it's essential to understand what truly matters and how to create a roadmap for your ideal life and career, emphasizing the importance of doing the inner work in advance to make informed, aligned decisions.

 

By the end of our discussion, you’ll have practical insights on how to prioritize your core values and articulate a compelling vision for your future. 

 

So press play and let’s chat…about making career decisions that truly reflect who you are and where you want to go!

 

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