Professional Development Starts With Personal Development

09/14/21 • 17 min

On today’s episode I’m talking all things professional development. What it is. What it really is, or what it should be! Because I believe, that professional development starts with personal development. It must be intentional. It starts with your purpose and your mission and grows from there. And true personal or professional development helps you grow as a person, beyond simply learning new knowledge. Personal development keeps you engaged and interested and is a vital component of having a healthy and fulfilling career.
I talk about:

Moving beyond knowledge-focused continuing education
Putting personal development first, like leadership skills, having difficult conversations, time management...
Being intentional with your plans for personal and professional development
Both formal and informal ways to get after your own development goals

I also give a sneak peak at the Women's Career Transformation Academy, my online course and community for women working in male-dominated fields to build confidence in themselves and take charge of their career journey. Registration is open for a limited time, click here to learn more and take the first step towards feeling confident in owning your career!
My FREE and LIVE masterclass on how to Crush Your Imposter Syndrome so you can move forward in your career is back!
Click here to save your seat in the live masterclass and let's starting building your career confidence!
To get the latest tools to help you build your own career right now, check out these FREE resources at Madam Athlete:
Negotiation: Grab your worksheet to prepare yourself for your next negotiation
Goal-Setting Mini Course: Get started in the FREE Goal-Setting mini-course today!
Managing Perfectionism: Download my 3 favorite exercises to fight off perfectionism
Book Club: Sign up here to join the book club
Keep an eye out for new content or let us know what you'd like to see next by following us on social:
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Moving beyond knowledge-focused continuing education
Putting personal development first, like leadership skills, having difficult conversations, time management...
Being intentional with your plans for personal and professional development
Both formal and informal ways to get after your own development goals

Previous Episode

Following Your Own Path with Entrepreneur and Leadership Coach Jen Dary

On today’s episode, I’m talking to Jen Dary, a career coach for new managers.
Jen is an entrepreneur and the founder of Plucky, a leadership coaching and consulting firm. Through her work with Plucky, Jen helps people move forward in their careers in new roles. While she never started out with plans to work in business, following her own interests led her to working first in non-profits and then to the human side of technology companies. She then took a huge risk to start her own firm, Plucky, to reach people on a broader scale. Now celebrating Plucky’s eighth anniversary, Jen continues to listen and guide as she helps managers learn their new roles through her program So Now You’re a Manager.
We talk about:

transitioning careers to find fulfilling work
the cancer diagnosis that deepened her appreciation for people doing their best work
setting up each week for success

My FREE and LIVE masterclass on how to Crush Your Imposter Syndrome so you can move forward in your career is back!
Click here to save your seat in the live masterclass and let's starting building your career confidence!
To get the latest tools to help you build your own career right now, check out these FREE resources at Madam Athlete:
Negotiation: Grab your worksheet to prepare yourself for your next negotiation
Goal-Setting Mini Course: Get started in the FREE Goal-Setting mini-course today!
Managing Perfectionism: Download my 3 favorite exercises to fight off perfectionism
Book Club: Sign up here to join the book club
Keep an eye out for new content or let us know what you'd like to see next by following us on social:
Instagram: @theMadamAthlete
Facebook: @MadamAthlete
Twitter: @MadamAthlete

Next Episode

Listening to Yourself with Research Writer and Entrepreneur Jenny Hunnicutt

On today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr. Jenny Hunnicutt, the owner and founder of Hunnicutt Writing and Consulting, LLC.

Jenny earned her Bachelors in Athletic Training, and continued along a research route, earning a Masters in Sports Medicine and a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation sciences. After working as the sports medicine research and education coordinator at Emory, Jenny felt there was still something missing in her career. She took time off to listen to herself and realized it was the writing that was her true passion. So she took a leap and started Hunnicutt writing and Consulting where she works with research teams, businesses, and professionals all over the world in the fields of sports medicine and orthopedics. Now she’s writing, editing, and consulting on her own terms.

We talk about:

Listening to yourself to figure out what you want in life
Embracing multiple identities as a strength (Jenny’s include research writer and promotor of the sport of pole dancing among other things!)
Finding a community of women in the Women’s Career Transformation Academy

If Jenny's behind the scenes sneak peak at the Women's Career Transformation Academy interested you, registration is only open for a limited time, click here to learn more and take the first step towards feeling confident and owning your career!
Depending on when you listen to this episode, I still have two more sessions of the Crush Your Imposter Syndrome masterclass!
Click here to save your seat in the free and LIVE masterclass and let's starting building your career confidence!
To get the latest tools to help you build your own career right now, check out these FREE resources at Madam Athlete:
Negotiation: Grab your worksheet to prepare yourself for your next negotiation
Goal-Setting Mini Course: Get started in the FREE Goal-Setting mini-course today!
Managing Perfectionism: Download my 3 favorite exercises to fight off perfectionism
Book Club: Sign up here to join the book club
Keep an eye out for new content or let us know what you'd like to see next by following us on social:
Instagram: @theMadamAthlete
Facebook: @MadamAthlete
Twitter: @MadamAthlete