67. Guest: Shaté L. Hayes - How To Build Strategy Into Your Dance Career For More Success

About this episode

Shaté L. Hayes discusses the importance of strategy in building a sustainable dance career and the pitfalls of hustle culture.

Guest Shaté L. Hayes and I get real about the hustle culture and how it can lead to an entirely new career path, and what to about it. We also chat all things sustainable in your career and how strategy plays a key part in that. Join us to hear Shaté's journey that might seem familiar at first and then takes an unexpected turn. Guest Bio: From professional dancer/choreographer to adjunct dance professor teaching her students how to build sustainable careers to full-time career coach turned career program exec for EdTech organizations— Career Steward Founder, Shaté Hayes, has mastered the art of building a career on her own terms. Now, she's a career strategist and storyteller who helps creatives replace their job and income through consulting or independent contract work. If you’re ready to ditch the traditional 9-5, she can help you build a career on your own terms, too. Highlights: Why hustle isn't sustainable The benefits of choosing dance in college All the ways dance has helped us each build a unique career path Links/Free Resources: www.careersteward.co Light My Career Freebie The Dance CEO Society™ Community Dance CEO Masterclass Series Follow & Connect: @careersteward…

People in this episode

Host: Audra Queen

Guest: Shaté L. Hayes

Topics covered

• dance career
• hustle culture
• career strategy
• sustainability
• creative consulting

Keywords

• dance career
• strategy
• hustle culture
• sustainability
• career coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Career Steward, EdTech

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