Secrets of the Career Game

I used to think balance meant everything in my life would somehow get equal attention. Career, kids, marriage, health, friendships, ambition, personal goals, all of it perfectly arranged like a very unrealistic calendar invite. The truth is, working mom balance does not work that way. Trying to give everything equal priority is usually how burnout starts.
What changed for me was realizing that success requires seasons. Your career can matter deeply without being your number one priority all the time. Your family can matter deeply without requiring you to become a Pinterest mom with endless patience and a homemade snack tray. The real work is choosing your top three priorities, planning around them, and being honest about what support you need to make it actually work.
This episode is for the working mom, working parent, or ambitious professional who is tired of feeling like they are failing at everything because they are trying to do all of it at once. We get into why the balance you were promised does not exist, what to do instead, and why building your village is not a luxury — it is the strategy.
Inside this episode
Why work life balance is not the real goal for working moms

How to choose your top three priorities in this season of life

Why your career cannot always be your number one focus

How planning ahead prevents burnout before it starts

Why working parents need systems, outsourcing, and real community

Why even the CEO of PepsiCo did not bake her own cookies for the bake sale — and what that means for you

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What if success isn't the problem — it's that you've outgrown it? Lauren Kerr introduces the concept of "unbecoming": shedding who you were to step into who you're becoming — without burning out in the process.
Lauren Kerr is a bestselling author and high-performance coach who helps high-achieving women lead with clarity, recover from burnout, and redefine success — without blowing everything up to do it.
If you've hit every goal and still feel like something's off, this is the episode that names what you've been feeling.
What we get into:
→ What "unbecoming" actually means — and why it's not about starting over
→ The silent handbrake keeping ambitious women stuck in a version of success they've outgrown
→ Why the drive that built your career may now be working against you
→ What feminine leadership looks like in practice (empathy isn't a weakness)
→ The "feather or the truck" — why ignoring small intuitive nudges leads to bigger crises
→ Time audits, Parkinson's Law, and how to design a week that actually fits your life
→ Lauren's personal goal this year: just enjoying motherhood (and why that had to be a written goal)


What's one "corporate game" rule you've learned the hard way?
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About Your Host: That Career Coach, Kendall Berg
Kendall Berg is a career coach and creator, helping ambitious professionals master the unspoken rules of corporate life. Through Secrets of the Career Game, she shares honest conversations and practical tools to help you communicate clearly, lead confidently, and navigate work with strategy — not stress.
☕️ Want personalized career advice? Book a free 15-minute Coffee Chat with me — let's talk strategy, leadership, or your next move.
Book your Coffee Chat → https://calendly.com/thatcareercoach/15-min-follow-up
Want to know more about Kendal Berg, that career coach?
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About Lauren Kerr 
A Best-Selling Author, Mother, and High-Performance Coach for women leading companies and teams who want to create more income, freedom, and fulfilment. With over a decade of experience in Psychology and Coaching, and having built a 7-figure global business reaching the top .05% of her profession, Lauren specialises in helping women optimise and simplify how they think, work, and lead through the lens of feminine leadership.
www.itslaurenkerr.com
www.babesinbusiness.net 
https://www.instagram.com/itslaurenkerr/

Hiring managers decide who they want within the first five minutes of an interview. If your answer to "tell me about yourself" sounds like everyone else's, you are already behind.
In this episode, I break down how to lead with your personal brand, handle small talk strategically, and explain your experience in a way hiring managers actually remember — so you stop losing offers to people with the same qualifications.
In this episode: personal branding in interviews · how to answer tell me about yourself · interview communication strategy · how to talk about your accomplishments confidently
What's one "corporate game" rule you've learned the hard way?
🎯 Take the full Level Up Leadership Course: https://stan.store/thatcareercoach/p/get-started-with-my-play-the-corporate-game-course
About Your Host: That Career Coach, Kendall Berg
Kendall Berg is a career coach and creator, helping ambitious professionals master the unspoken rules of corporate life. Through Secrets of the Career Game, she shares honest conversations and practical tools to help you communicate clearly, lead confidently, and navigate work with strategy — not stress.
☕️ Want personalized career advice? Book a free 15-minute Coffee Chat with me — let's talk strategy, leadership, or your next move.
Book your Coffee Chat → https://calendly.com/thatcareercoach/15-min-follow-up
Want to know more about Kendal Berg, that career coach?
Follow her on Instagram: @thatcareercoach_
Check out her courses on the website: https://thatcareercoach.net/

Watch on YouTube:@thatcareercoach_

You're qualified. So why does it feel like no one notices?
The problem usually isn't your experience. It's how you talk about it.
In this episode, I sit down with career coach, Amazon best-selling author, and self-proclaimed "interview ologist" Nicolette Hemingway to unpack one of the most costly — and completely fixable — mistakes professionals make: assuming their work speaks for itself.
Spoiler: it doesn't. And that belief alone could be what's standing between you and the job, promotion, or recognition you've already earned.
Nicolette brings over 25 years of experience across every level of government, military service, and a career coaching practice built on one thing: helping talented people finally get seen. In this conversation, we go beyond generic interview advice and get into the real reasons qualified professionals get overlooked — and exactly what to do instead.
What we cover:
Why 98% of people fail interviews — and it has nothing to do with their resume

How to tell your professional story in a way that makes hiring managers lean in

The difference between listing tasks and communicating impact (and why it matters)

Three questions that will completely change how you talk about your accomplishments

What thank you emails actually signal to a hiring manager

How to track your wins so you're never caught off guard in a review, interview, or promotion conversation

Why staying in the background is quietly killing your career growth

If you've ever walked out of an interview feeling like you didn't do yourself justice, or watched someone less qualified get the opportunity you deserved, this episode is for you.
What's one "corporate game" rule you've learned the hard way?
🎯 Take the full Level Up Leadership Course: https://stan.store/thatcareercoach/p/get-started-with-my-play-the-corporate-game-course
About Your Host: That Career Coach, Kendall Berg
Kendall Berg is a career coach and creator, helping ambitious professionals master the unspoken rules of corporate life. Through Secrets of the Career Game, she shares honest conversations and practical tools to help you communicate clearly, lead confidently, and navigate work with strategy — not stress.
☕️ Want personalized career advice? Book a free 15-minute Coffee Chat with me — let's talk strategy, leadership, or your next move.
Book your Coffee Chat → https://calendly.com/thatcareercoach/15-min-follow-up
Want to know more about Kendal Berg, that career coach?
Follow her on Instagram: @thatcareercoach_
Check out her courses on the website: https://thatcareercoach.net/

Watch on YouTube:@thatcareercoach_ 
About Nicholette Y. Hemingway 
Nicholette is the founder of Nike H Speaks LLC, where she helps professionals with interview preparation, résumé writing, and career coaching. She is an Amazon #1 best-selling author, a retired Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service, and has spent more than 20 years serving on interview panels. Through her workshops and coaching, she helps military service members, students, and working professionals show up with more confidence in high-stakes career moments. 
Learn more at http://www.nikehspeaks.com/

Too many people wait until work becomes unbearable before they start looking, and that is how smart professionals end up making desperate career moves. I have seen it happen over and over again. A toxic boss, a role that stopped fitting, a project that drains you, and suddenly you are trying to escape fast instead of thinking clearly.
A strong job search starts long before you hit that breaking point. I walk through how to define what actually matters to you, how to build your personal brand, how to identify target roles and target companies, and how to use networking and internal mobility to create better options. The goal is not just to get out. The goal is to make a smarter move.
This is for anyone who knows something at work is off, but does not want to panic quit and end up in the same situation somewhere else. If you want a more strategic job search, a clearer career direction, and a better way to evaluate your next opportunity, start here.
Inside this episode
How to know you are waiting too long to start a job search

Why your personal brand matters before you apply anywhere

How to define your passion statements and unique value

Better interview questions to test company culture and job fit

Why networking is the most important part of a job search

How internal mobility can help you leave a bad role faster
What's one "corporate game" rule you've learned the hard way?
🎯 Take the full Level Up Leadership Course: https://stan.store/thatcareercoach/p/get-started-with-my-play-the-corporate-game-course
About Your Host: That Career Coach, Kendall Berg
Kendall Berg is a career coach and creator, helping ambitious professionals master the unspoken rules of corporate life. Through Secrets of the Career Game, she shares honest conversations and practical tools to help you communicate clearly, lead confidently, and navigate work with strategy — not stress.
☕️ Want personalized career advice? Book a free 15-minute Coffee Chat with me — let's talk strategy, leadership, or your next move.
Book your Coffee Chat → https://calendly.com/thatcareercoach/15-min-follow-up
Want to know more about Kendal Berg, that career coach?
Follow her on Instagram: @thatcareercoach_
Check out her courses on the website: https://thatcareercoach.net/

Watch on YouTube:@thatcareercoach_