How to take ownership of your career growth to achieve your goals

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Paul R. Goudreault, author of the book Own Your Career No One Else Will. Paul has had an extensive career in leadership, business development, operations and delivery and shares his lessons and insights to professionals to help them build a roadmap to achieve the career success that they desire. 

QUOTES

• “You’re not going to be taken care of in the workplace, you have to own it, you need to determine where you’re going, set your aspirations and make your plan.”  - Paul R. Goudreault [4:27]
• “The role is really, I hate to say it but probably secondary, you want to be with a group of people that are compatible with the way you think, the culture that you like to work in and gives you opportunities to perform and can support you.”  - Paul R. Goudreault [16:37]
• “I think that having a fulfilling career can help you have a fulfilled life as well.”  - Paul R. Goudreault [31:52]

TIMESTAMPS

• [1:43] Meet Paul
• [4:59] Highlighting Paul’s career lifecycle model, ADAPT and discussing the first two points for early career developers
• [6:57] 3 common career challenges or obstacles that Paul has found from his conversations with professionals that need the most focus to take action and solve
• [9:02] Protecting your time
• [11:34] Finding the fine line between being impatient with your career growth and making a move when you realize there’s no more growth in a role/company
• [13:54] Casting a wide net early on and narrowing your focus as you get more experience in your career
• [18:25] The pressure to accelerate your career in today’s age and the one thing you need to know about growing your career to your satisfaction
• [19:45] Effectively growing your network both internally and externally
• [25:39] The importance of investing in your network more so than investing in your skills from a personal development perspective as you get further in your career
• [27:53] Maintaining connection with colleagues that have left the team/company
• [30:17] Creating work life balance in your career
• [32:58] Utilizing the ADAPT model to develop your career plan
• [37:06] Discussing if your career is capped if you do not want to be a people manager
• [38:18] What makes a good manager compared to a bad one
• [39:22] Breaking away from the standard mindset of how moving up the ladder is the main indicator of career success
• [41:14] Advice for professionals currently in a crossroads in their career and what is the 1st step they need to do to get career alignment and what they should do in the next few years and beyond
• [44:11] The one tidbit out of the 75 tidbits that Paul had written in his book that significantly helped him in his career
• [45:48] The biggest challenge Paul had faced in writing his book and what he did to overcome it to put the book into market
• [47:17] How Paul came up with the ADAPT career lifecycle model
• [49:11] Contacting Paul
• [53:57] Outro

RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS

• Enorine Partners
• Own Your Career - No One Else Will
• Chan With A Plan
• Chan With A Plan Facebook Group