Where we go wrong with performance improvement with Carla Fowler

The Strategy Inside Everything

How much time do you spend thinking about how you might perform better - at your job or in other areas of your life. Just in time for your new year's resolution, Dr. Carla Fowler is thinking about it for you. After leaving a pursuit of medicine, she realized she wanted to help people, but in a different way. She's gone on to build THAXA Executive Coaching. In this revealing conversation, she and Adam discuss where knowledge workers often go wrong when they approach performance improvement, and how they might think about it more productively.

Find Carla Fowler at THAXA and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-fowler/

Find your host, Adam Pierno at www.adampierno.com

The Strategy Inside Everything is the podcast for people who think for a living. If you have an idea, a question or you want to push back on something you hear in this episode, go to https://thatsnotaninsight.com and leave a message or a voicemail. The most interesting messages will be added to future episodes. Music for The Strategy Inside Everything is by Sawsquarenoise. Host Adam Pierno is an author, speaker and strategy consultant. Learn more at adampierno.com.

Show notes:
0:02 How Carla got to where she is today at THAXA
2:40 The decision to leave medicine and start a business
7:47 The importance of having a multi-pronged strategy
13:07 What are signs of confusion?
15:32 What do people want out of your career arc?
19:24 The importance of asking questions to help people understand their industry
25:03 What is an extreme outcome goal?
27:43 Process vs. outcome goals.
33:34 How do you promote yourself when there isn’t a scoreboard?
39:44 How does time play a role in a person’s success?