In this episode, I talk with life and business coach Andra Erickson about assessing your career from a strategic vantage point: as the CEO.
Andra shares strategies for adopting a CEO mindset to achieve vision, clarity, decision making skills and leadership practices to achieve the next level of your career. Andra asserts that drive and determination, combined with relentless positive actions, will help you achieve any goal.
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the CareerSequel podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Lee Koles. If you’re joining me today it’s because you’re ready for what’s next in your career. You’ve hit a point where you want a change - you want a next chapter - you want to uplevel yourself from where you are today.
But that’s often easier said than done. When we’re in this position where we want to make things happen in our career - we want to move forward, move upward - we often get bogged down by the details. You start asking yourself, what do I need to do to make a change? What does my future career look like? What should my career look like? You see all the obstacles in the way and you get caught in the weeds.
In today’s episode, I’m sending in a drone - I’m tossing you an emergency ladder so you can pull yourself up, out of the weeds, away from all the mess - and take a look at your life - and your career - from a strategic vantage point.
When we look at an organization, the highest level of thinking is the CEO - the Chief Executive Officer.
What if you looked at yourself as the CEO of your career?
CEOs typically deal with only very high-level strategic decisions and those that direct the company’s overall growth. For example, CEOs may work on strategy, organization and culture.
Study by Harvard Business Review analyzed how CEOs spend their time. They found that 78% of CEOs’ time was spent in meetings, versus 28% alone. 25% spent on relationships, 25% on reviewing the functionality of the business, 21% on strategy and 16% on culture and organization.
The study showed that just 1% of the time was spent on crisis management. What would happen if you let go of all of your internal crises and focused on all that will move you forward in your business?
My guest today is Andra Erikson. Andra helps female business owners trust themselves so they can step into becoming a CEO of their life and business.
Andra is actually the pilot of that drone that’s going to pull you out of the weeds. Her specialty is helping you gain the mindset, vision, leadership, energy and clarity so that you can look at your life - and take ownership.
Andra, welcome to the podcast!