The Career Relaunch^®Podcast

Former journalist Victoria Crandall shares her unique, international career journey of leaving the US to become a managing director of cocoa exporter in the Ivory Coast. We’ll talk about the power of curiosity and how to identify your professional “center of gravity.”

In this special 40th episode of Career Relaunch, hear my 3 key takeaways about what it takes to make a career change based on the past 38 interviews I’ve done with people featured on this podcast who have reinvented themselves. I’ll also share some exciting milestones Career Relaunch has crossed, and give you a chance to pick the former guest who will return in episode 50 to give us an update on how their career change journey has gone since we last spoke.

What happens when your career plans don’t end up working out? Independent artist turned community founder Jamie Smith will explain why it’s okay to allow yourself to shift away from your original goals and move forward with “imperfect” ideas. Afterwards, during the Mental Fuel® segment, I’ll share one of the plans I had for my own business that didn’t end up panning out along with the opportunity that created.

Samantha Clarke, a former digital manager turned happiness consultant, shares her thoughts on how you can become happier with your work and why recharging yourself is so critical. I’ll also talk about how I deal with the excess pressure I tend to put on myself.

Sacha Romanovitch, CEO of Grant Thornton UK, explains why she decided to take a hiatus from work to figure out where to take her career. We’ll talk about what you can gain by stepping away from your work and how you can be more intentional in your career. Sacha Romanovitch, CEO of Grant Thornton UK, explains how stepping away from your work can help you become more intentional in your career. We also talk about the Japanese concept of “Ikigai” as a way of figuring out where you belong as a professional.