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Questions to Align Your Career Goals for 2026 | Year-End Planning for Leaders
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As the year winds down, it's time to pause and reflect on what's working and what needs to change. In this episode of The Career Refresh, executive coach Jill Griffin guides you through powerful questions designed to help you realign your career, sharpen your leadership, and set yourself up for success in 2026.
These aren't surface-level questions, they're the kind that make you stop, think, and confront what you've been avoiding. From identifying the one change that could create a ripple effect across your life to auditing your habits like a CEO, this episode will help you cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters.
In this episode, you'll explore:
- What would create the biggest ripple effect if you improved it in 2026
- How to identify what's no longer worth defending in your career or life
- Whether your daily habits actually align with the results you want
- The difference between real progress and just staying busy
- What a competent CEO would immediately eliminate from your schedule
- How to calculate the hidden cost of inaction
- Small, intentional steps you can take now to get ahead in the new year
Whether you're a senior leader, emerging executive, or professional ready for your next chapter, this episode offers the clarity and framework you need to end the year with intention,and start 2026 with momentum.
Perfect for: Leaders, executives, coaches, and ambitious professionals navigating career transitions, strategic planning, or personal leadership development.
Grab your journal, press play, and let's rethink your next chapter together.
Jill Griffin, host of The Career Refresh, delivers expert guidance on workplace challenges and career transitions. Jill leverages her experience working for the world's top brands like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton Hotels, and Martha Stewart to address leadership, burnout, team dynamics, and the 4Ps (perfectionism, people-pleasing, procrastination, and personalities).
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- Book a 1:1 Career Strategy and Executive Coaching HERE
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Chapters
1. Why Reflection Beats Hustle (00:00:00)
2. The Strategy Of Intentional Pause (00:01:26)
3. The Ripple Effect Question (00:02:32)
4. Anchor What Stays Constant (00:03:38)
5. Stop Defending What No Longer Fits (00:05:06)
6. Align Habits With Desired Results (00:06:18)
7. Busy Versus Value-Creating Progress (00:08:02)
8. Would You Relive This Year (00:09:04)
9. What A CEO Would Eliminate (00:10:26)
10. The Cost Of Inaction (00:12:00)
11. One Priority To Get Ahead (00:12:37)
12. Focus, Next Steps, And Close (00:13:24)
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