What's your expansion plan?

You may remember, in the new year I announced my word for 2022 was RECONNECT. While that seemed ridiculous in the height of dark Omicron January, I stuck with it.

Rewind to 2021, I focused on my own programs and groups. I launched Career Command and continued to put new four-week group options into the world. The work was energizing and my clients were seeing tremendous growth. Yet, towards the end of the year, I was hungry for partnerships, collaborations and most importantly…community.

The 2022 theme of RECONNECT prompted a shift into a new phase for my business and my life. I began my reintegration into the world with the pandemic moving toward the background.

I’ve been calling it, The 2022 Expansion Plan.

I keep asking myself…

What can I do within my business and with collaborations to expand my impact?

How can I expand my own professional growth?

How can I expand my relationships with talented women who are creating the change I want to see in organizations and in the world?

And the answers, the changes, keep showing up.

One of the most exciting of these shifts has been partnering with Chief, a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there.

I’m thrilled to share that I’m now a Chief Core Guide, facilitating groups that enable Chief members to build powerful connections that serve as their own personal and professional board of advisors. The groups are specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and affect change from the top-down.

Yes, I know. This is my wheelhouse, my mission and I’m so energized to be part of this movement.

In addition to my work with Chief and stepping back into delivering in-person leadership workshops and programs, I will continue to see clients 1:1 and move forward with this newest cohort of Career Command Four-Month Shift.

With all this expansion going on, I’ve decided this will be my last cohort of Career Command for 2022. I’ve spoken to some women who were interested in a fall group so I want to give you a heads up that I won’t be running that group given all the exciting activities of The 2022 Expansion Plan.

For this reason, I have kept registration for Career Command: Four-Month Shift open through the end of today, so if this changes your plans at all and you decide you’d like to join us, there’s still time!

You can either sign up HERE by 10pm ET this evening or feel free to reach out to me with any questions

100 Things that Bring You Joy

Last week, my ten year old daughter, Roxanne, came home from school with an assignment that honored the 100th Day of School. I know, how did we get here so fast?

The assignment: Make a list of 100 things that bring you joy.

While we’re usually pretty hands-off when it comes to homework, the whole family jumped in and made this our evening activity.

Especially our older daughter, Jane, who has always been driven by her sense of wonder.

This exercise lit a fire in her that tapped into her innate joie de vivre.

For the next hour, she shared a steady stream of hundreds of things, moments, and ideas that brought her joy.

“Taking long walks in the park.

Jasmine rice

Getting presents.

Giving presents!

Using your parents’ logic against them.

When someone has the reaction you were hoping for.

Boggle! And not just because I always win.

When someone smiles at you.”

Then, with perfect comedic timing, Roxanne added: “Making a list of 100 things that bring you joy!”

It made our evening and our week.

It reminded us how much joy we can find in our lives in the smallest of moments. If we’re present. If we’re open. If we allow ourselves to savor life’s Boggle-sized gems.

I encourage you to make this list. With a partner, your family, with friends, or on your own.

Keep it handy. Read it when you remember. Add things to it often. And feel the joy again.

Give Your Career Desires Some LOVE

I hope you added a little extra joy or sweetness to your day yesterday. While I don’t go for grand gestures on gifts for my people, I do spend my time and creative energy on writing just the right words for each of their unique love notes. 

And as many of you know, that’s exactly how I honor my own desires for my business and my career. I write a love letter. I let those desires live outside of my head and my heart. 

I know many of you feel stuck. Like you want something new, but you don’t know what it is. Like you don’t even know where to start to figure it out. 

Well, here’s where you can begin. 

Honor what you want by sending your career desires some love. 

Talk to that part of you that is hungry for more meaning in your work. 

Talk to the part that wants to learn. 

Talk to the part of you who wants time and space to talk to this part of you. 

She is waiting for you. She has more to say than you are expecting she will. 

Sending career love and mojo your way,

Rachel

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I’m excited to share that I’ve brought two of my most powerful career transition offerings together into one transformational private coaching program.

My 1:1 Career Transition Private Coaching now includes access to my Career Command Process Online Framework. 

The Career Command Process Online Framework offers anytime access to my career pathing and job search method with videos, worksheets and resources. These tools will help you find clarity in what you want next, powerfully position yourself with the right words and then give you a strategy to go out and get the role you want that’s on your terms. 

This private 1:1 career coaching package includes:

✅ Six 60-minute virtual sessions with me - your coach, motivator, and biggest fan

✅ Access to The Career Command Process - 10+ Modules of my signature career pathing process, supported by videos, worksheets, and resources

✅ Feedback on your narrative, positioning and elevator pitch

✅ Email accountability and support

✅ Resume and LinkedIn Audit

Here’s a way to learn more and sign up. I can’t wait to work with you! 

https://www.rachelbgarrett.com/coaching

Your Career Report Card

Every January and February, I work with clients to assess their current situation.
I ask the question, “How’s work working for you?”

The gut response is often…”I’m not sure...”

So we get more specific by answering the following questions - allowing my clients to get honest with themselves about what’s working, what’s not, and what actions they need to take next.

Growth:

1. Have you identified what you’d like to learn in your role?

2. And/or what would you like to learn in your career in general in the next year?

3. Are you on track to take on projects, attend workshops or participate in programs to help you get there?

4. What are your biggest obstacles to going after the growth you want?

5. What are you doing about those obstacles?

Energy:

1. What percentage of the time in your role are you feeling sparky, fully alive, in flow?

2. What are those things that make you feel sparky in your role?

3. Is there a way to do more of them or spend more time on them?

4. What are the things that are currently draining you in your role?

5. Is there a way to do less of them?

6. What would your work feel like if you could do more of the sparky things and less of draining tasks?

Life Fit:

1. Is your work aligned with your values?

2. What are your top life priorities right now? (Money you need to make, flexibility you need, etc.)?

3. Is your work in sync with your priorities?

4. Are you able to spend time with family and friends?

5. Do you have time for creative projects or the things that bring you joy?

Set aside some uninterrupted time to reflect on your own answers. And then, without judging any past decisions or current desires, ask yourself - how’s it really going? What grade would you give your current work situation? And if it’s a C or below…what do you want to do next?

Reach out to me at rachel@rachelbgarrett.com let me know what showed up for you and where you want to go from here!