Unlocking The Future With Sarah Vermunt: Adapting To Change, Unlearning Old Rules, And Empowering Career Growth

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Sarah Vermunt is the Founder of Careergasm and the author of Careergasm and Career Rookie. She helps people figure out what the heck they want so they can quit jobs they hate and do work that feels good. Her work has been featured at Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Fast Company. And each month, her career advice is pumped into 30 million homes across North America. Sarah lives in Toronto and online at Careergasm.com.

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Exploring Self-discovery Through The Hybrid Remote Center Of Excellence

00:03:32 The Breaking Point: A Line In The Sand Moment

00:08:48 Designing A Process Without The Rule Book

00:11:36 Decreased Ridership And Impact On Commuting: A Year Later

00:18:19 Having Fun With Content: Why People Love It

00:23:08 Adapting To The Future

00:25:40 No Guarantee Of Career Path Success

00:28:13 Unlearning For Hybrid Remote Success

00:30:44 The Future Of Professional Development: Personalization

00:36:52 Lack Of Innovation And Reimagined Leadership In Performance Measurement

Key Takeaways:

 1. Sarah's experience with coworking, boundaries, media and podcasts influenced Nola.

2. Drawing was used to take the person out of their brain and help them feel stuck.

3. Discussions are influenced by new trends in work office culture.

4. Agility and adaptability is the future for individual employees or leadership teams.

5. There is no guarantee that the next career path chosen will be forever. 

6. Lack of trust and reliance on old models of impact measurement is present. 

7. Leadership and management need to be reimagined to be more coach-like and future-focused.