Listen "119. Self-Defined Career Success with Doug Milliken"
Episode Synopsis
How do we sustain a successful career over time? When we define ambition and success on our own terms, based on what’s important to us internally vs. an external yardstick, we can end up with a life and career that are fulfilling and sustainable. My guest today has embodied this approach in his long and successful corporate career and now in a new endeavor after retiring from his corporate role.In this episode, Doug Milliken shares his career journey and how he shaped his roles to align with what he loved to do, what he was good at, and what his organization valued from him. We also talk about how he shaped his team’s culture to create psychological safety and honor people’s gifts, resulting in increased engagement and higher performance, and how he’s now carrying that experience forward into his latest ambition, a new business venture focused on helping companies build powerful cultures. Learn more about Doug Milliken:Creamer & MillikenConnect with Doug on LinkedInThanks for Listening!If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much!Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcastSend me ideas for what you’d like to hear on the podcast, or a question that might be read and answered here on the show! Email me at [email protected] up for my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter at: https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe
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