From a Toxic Work Environment to Changing Health Care Benefits: Colleen Kavanagh of SoulBeing

The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg

“I said ‘why did I do this’? Why did I leave my job?” Colleen Kavanagh opens up about ditching corporate to bet on herself! She’s a mom to two toddlers and two rescue dogs, an entrepreneur for social good and CEO of digital health benefit company, SoulBeing, a children's book author, and visionary of a world where the best idea + the best execution wins every time. She discusses the challenges of starting her own business, toxic work environments, facing obstacles in corporate America, and she offers advice for entrepreneurs. Colleen emphasizes the importance of overcoming fear when starting something new and highlights the significance of clarity in achieving goals.

She reflects on her transition from a corporate career to entrepreneurship after becoming a mother, citing a pivotal moment where she felt underestimated in her previous workplace. Colleen discusses how a toxic workplace led her to prioritize her values and make a change. She shares insights into the struggles and triumphs of building a successful, people-centric company that supports working moms.

Plus she shares a humorous parenting moment involving breast milk at work.

You will hear about:

• Handling the defining moment in your career that changes your entire life (4:45)
• Why it took almost 10 years to escape a toxic work environment (and how to do it much faster) (10:20)
• Building a corporate culture that is truly people-centric, supports parents, and why it is not only "nice to have" but sustainably profitable to do so (13:35)
• Advice for starting your own business (21:36)
  

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