Taking Your Biggest Career Risk - I'll Go First

Taking Your Biggest Career Risk - I'll Go First

From Next Level Executive by Perrin DesPortes

June 4, 2026 · Season 3 · Episode 2

About this episode

Perrin DesPortes discusses the challenges and risks of transitioning from clinician to CEO, emphasizing the need for personal reinvention and effective leadership.

S3 E2: Your Biggest Career Risk – I'll Go First Everyone likes to talk about transitioning from Clinician to CEO, but nobody talks about what you actually have to do to make that a reality – let alone be effective in the new role. To become an effective executive of the group or practice you lead means getting comfortable as an agent for change. And the first change that has to happen is in reinventing yourself. It's one of the biggest career risks you'll ever take. If you're wondering what that looks like, feels like, and sounds like, then I'll show you as I do the same for my podcast. Push play and let's dive in. … CHAPTERS: 1:30 Evolving from a clinician who does the craft to a CEO who leads the business 2:50 Seeing things the way they are, not the way you want them to be 5:30 What I would say to your team if I were you 8:35 Where I've been; where you are; and where we're going together 16:55 When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near … Other Episodes You'll Love: Professional Inflection Points & Key Decisions to Make (part 1) Personal Inflection Points & Key Decisions to Make (part 2) … Got Questions? Send them to…

People in this episode

Host: Perrin DesPortes

Topics covered

  • career transition
  • CEO leadership
  • reinventing yourself
  • change management
  • executive effectiveness

Keywords

  • career risk
  • clinician to CEO
  • leadership
  • change agent
  • executive role

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