THINK Before You Pivot: How Coaching Can Charge Your Career Change PartTwo with Megan Walls on Make Money Mediating #425

The Make Money Mediating Podcast with Susan Guthrie

In the second part of our special two-part episode, we are joined once more by professional and executive coach, Megan Walls. Megan helps us delve further into the THINK Protocol, a step-by-step process to guide you when making significant decisions about career changes or pivots.

Key Points:

• The THINK Protocol: In part one, we covered the T (Taking time to reflect), H (Honesty, being real with yourself), and I (Information gathering and insights). In this episode, we dive into N, which stands for Niche.
• Niche and personal brand: Megan emphasizes the importance of finding your unique niche and building your personal brand when considering creating your own practice. The niche includes your area of expertise, target audience, unique products or services, and how you set yourself apart from the competition.
• Crafting your brand: Megan shares advice on how to craft a brand statement based on the clarity and information gained from the THINK Protocol. She references Jeff Bezos's quote about personal brands, underscoring the importance of crafting your own brand rather than letting others define it for you.
• Knowledge: Understand the importance of gathering insights into why you think the way you do. Acknowledge that gaining knowledge about your thought patterns and the resultant emotional responses can provide you with the necessary tools to transform your life.
• Take Action: Leverage the insight you've gained from the THINK protocol and actively make changes in your life. It is not enough to merely understand your thought patterns (THINK); you also need to implement these insights (Take Action) to see real, sustainable transformation.

Listen in to Part Two now and get ready to THINK and Take Action on your career pivot!

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More About This Week's Special Guest: Megan Walls

Megan Walls, CPC, PCC, ELI-MP is a certified executive and career coach, author, noted speaker. She works with high-achieving professionals and teams to unlock their full potential, develop leadership skills, and boost confidence to overcome obstacles and thrive in their organizations and their careers.

What sets Megan apart from other career coaches is that she has developed a proprietary “inside-out” coaching approach which she uses as her foundation with every client. The “inside” refers to helping clients identify areas of strength, areas to improve and obstacles to overcome. The “out” refers to helping clients set realistic goals and create action plans to achieve their goals. During this process, Megan provides guidance, insights and leadership tools and serves as an accountability partner to accelerate a client’s career success while staying true to themselves.

Prior to coaching, Megan enjoyed a highly successful, 20-year career as an institutional salesperson in the municipal bond industry at Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Company and was the firm’s first female partner. She holds a B.A. in Economics from DePauw University, received her coach training from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation.

Megan's Website: https://www.wallscareercoach.com/

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Mentioned in this episode:

The episode Susan mentioned about acronyms and alliteration is called "How Getting 'Sticky' Will Make Your Marketing Better" You can listen here: https://makemoneymediating.podbean.com/e/how-getting-sticky-will-make-your-marketing-better-with-susan-guthrie-411/

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