What happens when you leave a successful corporate career and suddenly have to build a business around your own name, expertise and value?
For many experienced professionals, leaving employment is not simply a career change. It can bring a much deeper transition.
Who are you without the organisation and job title behind you? How do you put a price on years of experience? How do you become comfortable being visible? And how do you turn professional expertise into something people understand, value and are willing to buy?
In Episode 66 of Muhami Matters, Chris Adams speaks with Emily Dorschler, Founder of NurtureWorks, about what Emily calls the “corporate hangover”: the habits, expectations and ways of thinking that can follow experienced professionals out of employment and into entrepreneurship.
Emily works particularly with women who have left long corporate careers and are building businesses of their own. Drawing on her own journey from corporate life through virtual assistance and online business management before establishing NurtureWorks, she helps clients work through questions around identity, self-worth, money, visibility and confidence.
IN THIS EPISODE
Chris and Emily discuss:
• Emily’s journey from corporate life into entrepreneurship
• What the “corporate hangover” means in practice
• The identity shift that happens when a job title disappears
• Why experienced professionals can struggle to recognise and price their own value
• The relationship between self-worth, confidence and money
• Which corporate habits remain useful and which may need to be unlearned
• Why confidence develops through action
• Why visibility is an unavoidable part of owning a business
• How to communicate the problem you solve rather than over-explaining your methodology
• Why building a business should still be a joyful journey
A central theme of the conversation is that professional expertise is only the starting point. Being excellent at what you do is not the same as knowing how to package, position, market and sell that expertise.
ABOUT EMILY DORSCHLER
Emily Dorschler is the Founder of NurtureWorks. She works particularly with women aged 35 and above who have recently left long corporate careers and are building businesses of their own.
Website:
https://nurtureworks.uk
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-dorschler/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/nurtureworksbusiness/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@nurtureworks
CORPORATE HANGOVER QUIZ
Discover how much of your corporate thinking may still be influencing the way you are building your business:
https://nurtureworks.uk/corporate-hangover-quiz-1
BEYOND THE CORPORATE HANGOVER
Emily also hosts Beyond the Corporate Hangover.
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beyond-the-corporate-hangover/id1896709939
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/033hFE6UnicfuLU9Kp7k7h
TrueFans:
https://truefans.fm/beyond-the-corporate-hangover
ABOUT CHRIS ADAMS
Chris Adams is the host of Muhami Matters and Founder of Muhami and CJA Consulting.
Through CJA Consulting, Chris advises professional services organisations, particularly lawyers and law firms, on business development, marketing, positioning and sustainable growth.
https://www.cjaconsult.com
ABOUT MUHAMI MATTERS
Muhami Matters is where credibility meets clarity in legal and professional services, bringing together trusted advisers, respected industry specialists and practical insights for professionals, founders and business leaders.
https://muhami.ae/muhami-matters/
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