Do you have dreams that go beyond climbing the corporate ladder? Are you curious what it might look like to build a business that would set you up to step away from your 9-to-5?
For the last seven months, my career coaching business has surpassed what I make at my corporate job. And that gives me the freedom to decide where I want to go from here.
On this episode of the Career Confessions, I share my decision to step away from my corporate role to focus on my consulting practice and two new family franchise businesses.
I walk you through my journey to becoming a career coach, explaining what inspired me to get certified and how I navigated the criticism that came with sharing my wins online.
Listen in for insight on leveraging negativity as fuel for further success and get inspired to dream BIG and share your own ambitious career goals with the world!
Key Takeaways
How I broke a worldwide record on promotion cycles early in my engineering career
How having direct reports inspired me to hire my own coach
What inspired me to become a certified leadership coach myself
What prompted me to tell my corporate boss about my growing coaching business
My decision to share my success online in order to inspire others
How I navigated the criticism that came from sharing my wins online
The choice you have to let negativity shut you down or fuel further success
What factors influenced my decision to step away from my corporate role right now
My goals for my consulting practice and our new family franchise businesses
My plans to support companies that truly want to change their culture so that women can thrive
My challenge to dream big and make your ambitious goals public
Connect with Andrea
Andrea Martin Consulting
Andrea on Instagram
Andrea on YouTube
Andrea on LinkedIn
Resources
Book a Career Intensive with Andrea
What I Learned from Quitting My Job with No Plan B on Career Confessions EP001
Andrea’s Feature in Yahoo Finance
Download Andrea’s Free LinkedIn eBook
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