Raise your hand if you feel like you're having a mid-career crisis!
Now raise your other hand if
meditation hasn't fixed it yet.
Let's get you out of your old corporate headspace.
Many of us have been told to define our worth by our labor and what we produce, rather than what's important to us.
But just going into an office every day is not "progress." Especially if the work is not productive, valuable–or enjoyable.
The way I see it, work is just a way to make money that you can also be fulfilled by.
And I take that fulfillment very, very seriously.
It's time for some...
Anti-Corporate Career Development
But wait! I can hear you saying. What even is anti-corporate career development?
So glad you asked.
Anti-corporate career development is the belief that high quality, corporate-style learning opportunities should be available to everyone, not just the "high potentials" skyrocketing up the org chart.
That anyone who is responsible for their impact is a leader, regardless of their job title or people management responsibilities.
That inclusive business practices and acknowledging systemic failures are not incompatible with individual career advancement. In fact, they're enhanced by it.
The world of work is changing, and we need to rethink the world of career development right along with it.
Bring me my soapbox!
I have some things to say.
I would die on these hills.
01
Anti-corporate is the new anti-hustle.
Anti-hustle puts the burden on us to stop hustling... Anti-corporate acknowledges that the system is the problem.
It's time to reclaim our resilience.
"Resilience' has become the byword for unsustainable individual solutions to systemic issues. Which is a shame, because in truth, it's a flexible, adaptable set of skills that you can learn and practice, both individually and with your community. Let's find a new approach.
03
Thriving at work is possible.
Your career may have lost its sparkle, but that doesn't mean you'll never love it again. Sometimes you just need a little spark to help you light the match.
Time for your orientation
Corporate onboarding? Necessary evil.
If you want to find the good snacks, the good resources, and all the gossip, your new best friend at work has got you covered.
Now wait just a minute. Who's in charge here?!
Corporate HR girlie turned Anti-Corporate Career Coach.
To me, the most frustrating part of working in a corporate HR department was seeing leadership development opportunities reserved for executives or "high potentials." That's something I think we should change.
Now, I help burned-out mid-career professionals—just like you—align their careers with their lives so they can finally feel like themselves at work.
You need someone on your side who understands what it feels like to blow up your life and how hard it is to make a career transition.
And I might just be your person.
Annie
Archer-Byerley
Overheard
She’s smart and easy to learn from, plus she has a voice like liquid gold, a natural stress reliever all on its own.
- Erica Breuer, Creative Strategist, Co-Conspirator, and LinkedIn Friend.
Should this email be a meeting?
Step into my office.
I won't turn our 1:1 into a surprise performance review. Promise.
