Being Proactive with Your Career Pivots Featuring Carolyn Kiel

Carolyn Kiel is a learning design manager at a Fortune 500 company. Prior to working in learning & development, she held roles in change management, risk management, and data governance in the financial services industry. 

We discuss:

• How to prepare yourself for career pivots [01:58]
• How to overcome the tendency to be too comfortable on the status quo [03:30]
• Company culture as an obstacle or an opportunity for career development [07:44]
• Beyond those first 6 seconds impressions [11:39]
• The many faces of creating an impact on society [14:34]
• The surprising number of people having a side hustle next to a corporate job [18:07]
• The unspoken expectation about employees’ focus at work [21:21]
• Every interview is a new opportunity [22:28]

Carolyn also hosts the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast, where she has interviewed more than 120 entrepreneurs, CEOs and media personalities about how they’ve overcome obstacles to build their careers and achieve their goals. Carolyn has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Vassar College and a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Learn more about Carolyn at www.beyond6seconds.net, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter.