Episode #72: Shannon Houde on Finding and Making Your Impact In This World

The Discomfort Practice

In this episode, I’m speaking with someone I’ve known for many years - the fabulous Shannon Houde. Shannon is the founder of Walk Of Life Coaching, and for more than two decades, she's mentored and trained over 1000 change leaders, and used over 3000 hours with them to maximize their personal brands to advance impactful careers. She's had her own impact on the world by helping others find theirs and does it very well and she shares some insight if you’re wondering how you or someone you know can map out how to ensure your career is more purposeful and impactful.

Shannon chose Impact Coaching to combine her diverse experience as a hiring manager, a business coach, and a CSR consultant for brands like Adobe, Deloitte, BlackRock, and WWF. As an ICF-ACC certified coach. She’s also a ‘Meta Coach,’ trained by and involved in teaching Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Certification Program, and she also works with the Game Changer Index. She recently published her first book: Good Work, How To Build A Career That Makes A Difference In The World. And the title says it all!

She shares wisdom with those who might be thinking, “I really do want to have more impact on my career, but I'm not sure how.” That's what Shannon lives to do. So, click the play button now, and discover more nuggets of wisdom to help you up-level your impact on this world.

Key Points Discussed:

• Shannon’s uncomfortable experiences that shaped her to want to serve others and make a difference (04:20)
• What is an impact coach (07:21)
• The Oprah of Impact (09:01)
• The type of impact people need to have and what’s getting in the (11:53)
• The imposter syndrome (16:32)
• How does bringing emotional intelligence into the coaching look like (19:33)
• What is a Game Changer index (22:03)
• The kind of impact we need to see these days (25:08)
• Finding your impact (31:58)
• Careers and roles that help people make more impact (32:31)
• Having a greater impact on what you do (37:55)
• Writing a book to help more people bring impact (41:42)
• Having a vision board and the result it brings (44:48)
• What’s exciting about the future (54:52)
• “Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.” (56:55)
• You got this! (57:39)

Resources Mentioned:

• Good Work, How To Build A Career That Makes A Difference In The World by Shannon Houde
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Why Woo-woo Works by Dr. David Hamilton

Notes from the interview

• Shannon has been called ‘The Oprah of Impact’ :-)

• She’s seen the biggest surge in ESG / sustainability roles ever in her 13 years as an impact coach, keeping an eye on trends in this space.

• ‘Anyone anywhere can be in an impact role. You don’t even need to change careers.’

• Shannon vision board post + link: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/content/?fromMember=%5B%22ACoAAABQuMABF39e-gnrcv6I3GlGEsGC-PF8xEQ%22%5D&keywords=shannon%20houde%2C%20mba%2C%20pcc&position=0&searchId=0f71f48e-1a48-4173-ad5f-b874d5c2a5ac&sid=B!X&update=urn%3Ali%3Afs_updateV2%3A(urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6928317933500698625%2CBLENDED_SEARCH_FEED%2CEMPTY%2CDEFAULT%2Cfalse) Vision board: https://lnkd.in/ez4i7tXG

• https://walkoflifecoaching.com/

Connect with Shannon:

• Shannon’s website
• Shannon on Facebook
• Shannon on Twitter
• Shannon on LinkedIn
• Shannon on Medium

Connect with Betsy:

• Betsy on Instagram
• Betsy on Twitter
• Betsy on Linkedin

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