From Resignation to Reinvention with Sara McElroy: Lead to Succeed 105

Episode Summary:

Around 4 million Americans are quitting their jobs each month in 2022 because of gender inequality, toxic workplace culture, and burnout. Can The Great Resignation really be the solution? This is what we discuss with Lead to Succeed’s guest Sara McElroy.

Sara is a former hustle culture devotee, ex-chief marketing officer, the Wall Street Journal’s poster girl for pandemic career burnout, and a two-time member of the Great Resignation: class of 2021 and 2022.

She returned to her journalism roots to uplift the voices of women from the Great Resignation by founding Raze to Rise, a journalism project sharing heartfelt personal stories from the women of the Great Resignation.

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Key Talking Points of the Episode:

[03:49] The impetus that made Sara change what she was doing and how it served her.

[11:30] The kind of women dealing with resignation and what they are finding on the back end.

[15:01] What women chose to do after leaving their jobs and if it is a valuable alternative to what they left behind.

[17:58] The sentiment of the corporate America towards Great Resignation.

[24:07] How Sara finds the people that she interviews.

[29:08] How Sara coaches or give advice to people wondering about pulling the plug on their current job.

[31:24] Key strategies that would make the quitting process simplest for a person who knows that it’s time to quit.

[35:17] Sara’s biggest mistake and what she learned from it.

[38:02] Rapid-fire questions.

[40:33] Sara’s final life lesson.

Standout Quotes from the Episode:

“We really have to think about decision and action as two separate milestones.”

”You gotta come back to you and figure out what you want. You know what’s best, turn off the noise.”

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