About this episode

Hayley Lowe discusses her career pivot and how she created a role that didn't exist after experiencing burnout and other challenges.

Hayley Lowe had a textbook career pivot from her communications degree and agency life to a senior leadership role at a company like Expedia. Everything was going according to plan until burnout, infertility, a pandemic, and one very wrong Fortune 500 job forced her to rebuild from scratch. What she found on the other side wasn't a posted role. It was one she designed herself. Through coaching, she built an Ideal Career Profile that made it obvious why her last job had been wrong and exactly what right would look like. In this episode, Hayley shares what it took to trust her gut sooner, how she negotiated a role that didn't exist yet, and what work finally feels like when it's built around who you actually are. What you'll learn What happens when you take a job that looks right on paper and know it's wrong on Day 1 and what to do about it fast How Hayley used her Ideal Career Profile to reverse-engineer a Chief of Staff role at a company she already trusted Why the best career opportunities are rarely posted — and how to position yourself to co-create the role you actually want Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Anthony Barlow

Guest: Hayley Lowe

Topics covered

• career change
• burnout
• ideal career profile
• role negotiation
• personal development

Keywords

• career pivot
• burnout
• ideal career profile
• negotiation
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Expedia

Books & works: Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work

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