Career ChangeI am at the top of my career and tired of doing the same thing overand over again for the last 20 years. I am a CEO of a group medicalpractice. As CEO, I built one of the largest specialty Cardiac groupsin the country over the last 6 years. I left that group to work with anew group and have only been here 5 months. Prior to the cardiac groupI built a large Ortho group practice over a 9 year period as CEO. I am tired of doing the same thing over and over, and want to bechallenged. I am tired of working with pompous physicians who arenothing more than repressed adolescents. I enjoy P&L responsibility, growing companies, and managingpeople. I like working to expand market share and strategic planning. Ilike explaining our product and services to the public and why weare better than the competition. I enjoy sports and boating, and would love to work in either arena.Would love to be a general manager of Boat Dealership or RegionalCustomer Manager for Boat Company. Possibly a general manager forsporting goods, or regional manager. What transferrable skills do you think I need. I think I have theskill sets for success in this arena, but how do I get them interestedin me? HELP ME Please! Moving your post to Career Changers board for move viewing.... One of the big obstacles to career change for people is financial. If you can afford to go to a role that pays you less than what you are earning now, then you have a freedom that most people don' t have. That gives you some psychological power in your search and conversations. Here are some ideas: 2. Extrapolate from your career trajectory today. What are the business, leadership, people development experience and skills that you have? P&L management. 3. Why You? Why should they consider you? Ultimately, this a marketing conversation. A marketing conversation requires that you understand what their needs and business pain is, what you offer, and how the they relate. What do you bring to the party? Think about developing 4-6 bullet points - each one a key reason (performance track record, transferable business skills, your reason why you want this, people/leadership skills,....) 4. Optics. You may want to tone done the CEO title language a bit. The more you emphasize CEO, the more you distance yourself for regional manager, GM roles. 5. A resume that communicates the above in an effective, marketing-oriented way. Position yourself for this new kind of role. 6. You have to get out there and find linkages, use networks, target organizations. Have conversations. Just off the top of my head. I hope these ideas help Randy. | |
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