192: Navigating Career Transitions w/ Julie Flowers

Podcast Show Notes – Episode 192 | 09.03.2024

Episode Title: Navigating Career Transitions w/ Julie Flowers

 

Episode summary introduction:

Julie Flowers discusses her career at Chevron, highlighting the company's culture and values. She talks about overcoming competitiveness and the challenges of merging different cultures. The conversation delves into building trust and authenticity, especially between office and field teams. Julie shares her transition to Elevate You and Sean reflects on his career change and passion for coaching. They explore encouraging clients to find their passion, balancing individual and group coaching, and the importance of leadership training. The episode concludes with insights on leveraging team strengths, fostering curiosity, and Julie's future coaching plans.

 

Key Moments

0:00 Introduction of Julie Flowers and career at Chevron

2:21 The Chevron Way: Company culture and values

5:40 Overcoming competitiveness and assimilating cultures in mergers

7:20 Building trust and authenticity in teams

9:00 Assimilating office vs. field teams

11:19 Julie's transition to Elevate You

15:01 Sean's career transition and joy in coaching

19:13 Encouraging clients to find their passion

24:57 Julie's coaching target group and future plans

29:50 Balancing individual and group coaching dynamics

31:23 Leadership training and stretching comfort zones

35:27 Coaching and understanding different leadership styles

39:32 Leading up the chain and evolving as a leader

45:49 Leveraging team strengths and fostering curiosity

48:16 Contacting Julie Flowers for coaching

 

Key Takeaways

Everyone's journey is unique, and it's crucial not to judge or compare but to remain curious and supportive of others' paths.

Building trust and fostering authentic connections within teams can break down barriers and enhance collaboration, especially during transformational changes.

Leaders must constantly evolve and adapt their styles to meet the needs of their teams, focusing on understanding and utilizing each team member's strengths and passions.

 

Guest: Julie Flowers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-flowers-936b2753/

 

Host: Sean Barnes

Website: https://www.wsssolutions.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanbarnes/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/wsssolutions/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewayofthewolf/

YouTube: youtube.thewayofthewolf.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_seanbarnes

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/the_seanbarnes

https://www.instagram.com/the_wayofthewolf

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_seanbarnes