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Beyond Expertise
If you’ve spent years building a career and now find yourself wondering what’s next, this podcast is for you. Beyond Expertise is a podcast about identity reinvention for professionals ready to explore who they are beyond their careers. Hosted by former corporate executive and fractional CMO Eric Dickmann, the show explores reinvention, purpose, creativity, and personal growth after decades focused on professional achievement. This isn’t a traditional business podcast. It’s about rediscovering…
Episodes
Beyond ExpertiseAfter 40 Years in Business, Am I Still Relevant?
Your career can take decades to build, and it can still leave you asking a quiet, unsettling question: am I actually still relevant? I’m Eric Dickmann, and I’m…
Beyond ExpertiseI Spent 40 Years Building a Career. At 60, Now What?
Turning 60 didn’t make me want to stop working. It made me question why I’d been working the way I had for so long. After decades of career momentum, I hit a…
Beyond ExpertiseWhy So Many Smart Professionals Feel Stuck Right Now
During times of change, uncertainty can create fear about the future and whether the job you have today will be there tomorrow. That fear is compounded by a…
Beyond ExpertiseWhy Writing a Book Is Not Always the Best Business Move with Ally Machate
“Write a book, and you’ll become an authority” sounds like solid advice until you do the math on time, money, attention, and what that book is actually…
Beyond ExpertiseFrom Corporate Stability to Retail Shelves With a Side Hustle With David Ask
A thermostat guard with a combination lock doesn’t sound like the start of a reinvention story, but that’s exactly why it works. Host Eric Dickmann sits down…
Beyond ExpertiseFrom Corporate Creative to Sci-Fi Author Without Quitting Your Day Job with Christian Hurst
At some point, being good at your job stops being the problem and starts being the cover story. Christian Hurst is a seasoned graphic designer and creative…
Beyond ExpertiseReinventing After a Successful Exit with Jack Calhoun
You can “win” your career, sell the business, and still wake up wondering who you are without the role. Host Eric Dickmann talks with Jack Calhoun, founder of…
Beyond ExpertiseThe Grief of Outgrowing a Successful Career and Feeling Unfulfilled
A big title and a steady paycheck can still come with a surprising emotion: grief. When you wake up one day and realize you’ve outgrown the career that made…
Beyond ExpertiseHow Getting Fired Sparked a Purpose Driven Social Enterprise with Merry Korn
Getting fired can punch a hole straight through your identity, especially when your career has been the proof that you’re “doing fine.” Mary Korn’s story cuts…
Beyond ExpertiseFrom Corporate Communications to Purpose Driven Work with Ivonne Furneaux
Success can look flawless on LinkedIn while still feeling wrong in your body. That tension is exactly where my conversation with Yvonne Furneaux begins and…
Beyond ExpertiseA Real Estate Leader Discovers Alignment Helping Agents with Joe Arnao
A career can look successful and still feel strangely unfamiliar. Joe Arno spent decades building in sales, real estate leadership, and recruiting, only to…
Beyond ExpertiseBuilding Visibility and Influence Without Being an Influencer
The hardest part of leaving corporate life is not losing a paycheck. It’s losing the built-in credibility that came with your title, your team, and the company…
Beyond ExpertiseA Widowmaker Wake Up Call That Changed Everything with Adrian Jones
Two widowmaker heart attacks will either break your story or rewrite it. I sit down with Adrian “AJ” Jones, a longtime financial services leader who had to…
Beyond ExpertiseCOVID Closed the Stage and Opened a New Career with Kate Kayaian
The strangest career clue is not burnout, it's relief. When concert cellist Kate Kayaian watched her entire performance calendar vanish during COVID, she…
Beyond ExpertiseFrom Selling Canned Corn to Purposeful Coaching with Chip Scholz
A layoff. A cross-country move. A booming coaching practice. Then a stroke that forced a hard pause. Chip Scholz’s story is a sharp reminder that career and…
Beyond ExpertiseSo, What Do You Do? Our Identities vs Our Careers
Your job title can make introductions easier, but it can also quietly take over your identity. In this episode, I’m digging into what happens when we tie our…
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Beyond Expertise - When Your Job Title Stops Defining You
Your career can provide you with status, structure, and a straightforward answer to the question “Who are you?” Then one day, that answer stops working. Maybe…