Do you feel stuck in the career you have? Suzy Welch, an NYU professor and author of Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career (HarperCollins Publishers, May 2025), has your back. In today’s episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Welch explains that if your career doesn’t feel quite right, it may be because you’ve lost touch with your aptitudes and values. This episode was previously broadcast on our McKinsey Talks Talent podcast, featuring talent experts Brooke Weddle and Bryan Hancock.

The McKinsey Podcast is regularly cohosted by Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fusaro.

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Do you feel&nbsp;stuck in&nbsp;the career you have? Suzy Welch,&nbsp;an&nbsp;NYU professor and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/becoming-you-suzy-welch?variant=43110369853474">Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career&nbsp;</a>(HarperCollins Publishers, May 2025), has your back.&nbsp;In&nbsp;today&rsquo;s episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>,&nbsp;Welch&nbsp;explains that&nbsp;if your career doesn&rsquo;t feel quite right, it&nbsp;may&nbsp;be because you&rsquo;ve lost touch with your aptitudes and values.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/how-smart-people-end-up-in-the-wrong-careers">This&nbsp;episode</a>&nbsp;was&nbsp;previously broadcast on our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/mckinsey-talks-talent-podcast">McKinsey Talks Talent&nbsp;</a>podcast,&nbsp;featuring talent experts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/brooke-weddle">Brooke Weddle</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/bryan-hancock">Bryan Hancock</a>.
The McKinsey Podcast&nbsp;is&nbsp;regularly&nbsp;cohosted by&nbsp;Lucia&nbsp;Rahilly&nbsp;and Roberta Fusaro.
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/how-smart-people-end-up-in-the-wrong-careers">Click here&nbsp;</a>to view the full transcript of this episode.
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

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The McKinsey Podcast features conversations with experts from global management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company, focusing on the issues that matter most in business and management.

The McKinsey Podcast

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey &amp; Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.