Career Advice. Inspiration. Truth.
In our fourth and final episode in our Pivot to Purpose series, we welcome back Kourtney Whitehead, an executive coach at Boston Consulting Group. On this week’s Protégé Podcast, Kourtney and I discuss simple, yet powerful techniques you can use to determine your career purpose. God created you with your skills and talents for a powerful reason. Don’t just work to live. Listen to your soul to find the work of your life.
Stepping out on faith in our career is easier said than done. As part of our series “Pivot to Purpose,” we talk with lawyer, pastor, and social justice advocate Natosha Reid Rice. One moment, Natosha was a single mother in a high paid, but unfulfilling career trying to figure out her next move. With prayer and determination, Natosha embarked on an ambitious pivot toward her purpose and created a career which fulfilled her intellectual interests, her financial needs, and, most importantly, her soul. Hear how Natosha went from private to nonprofit law practice, and to the pulpit of one America’s most historic and revered institutions of faith.
When we hit a crossroads in our careers, we often consider major shifts. Maybe we are thinking about a pivot from corporate to entrepreneurship, or maybe from the public sector to the private sector. But what about working overseas? As part of our series “Pivot to Purpose” on Protégé Podcast, I talk with Kwame Som-Pimpong, a millennial business leader who manages the Africa Business Fellowship. The Africa Business Fellowship will match young American business professionals with paid placements in African companies. Maybe your Pivot to Purpose should extend beyond Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Maybe it’s time to include startups, finance, and tech companies in Senegal, Ghana, and South Africa.
What impact do you want to make in your community through your career? For the month of July, Protégé Podcast is launching a series – “Pivot to Purpose” – which will focus on stories, opportunities, and techniques which can inspire you to make the shift toward a more meaningful career. On this week’s episode, we have a conversation with Erika Watson, a management consultant turned education reform advocate. Erika and I discuss how she turned a layoff into a launchpad for pursuing a career which reflected her values and her passion. On The Breakdown, I analyze three principles each of us can apply to create Pivots to Purpose in our own careers. #PivotToPurpose #ProtegePodcast
What does it mean to bring your authentic self to the workplace? How do we manifest our authentic selves over the long arc of our careers? Kourtney Whitehead is an executive coach at the Boston Consulting Group and works with CEOs and senior executives to help them recognize and deliver their authentic selves during the most pivotal moments in their careers. On this week’s episode of Protégé Podcast, we share some insight and some real talk about how to walk in your purpose and manifest your authentic self every day.
