Career Compass: Mapping Your Future

You've spent years building a career — the degrees, the promotions, the long hours — but lately something feels off. The layoffs around you. AI is reshaping your industry. The quiet realization that the destination changed without your permission. The Career Crossroads is for professionals at that pivotal moment, ready to take the wheel. With 41+ years of career coaching experience, each episode delivers expert insights and honest conversations about taking ownership of your career — the fears, the finances, the freedom, and everything in between. Is it time to own your future?

Career Compass: Mapping Your Future is a business podcast hosted by Entrepreneur, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Entrepreneur hosts Career Compass: Mapping Your Future, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  Career Compass S2E4 When Work Becomes Toxic: Is Business Ownership the Exit Ramp?

  Jun 29, 202625 minS2

  <p>Your Career Compass from The Entrepreneur’s Source®<br/>When Is It Time to Leave Your Corporate Comfort Zone?<br/>In this episode, host Tamara Loring talks with organizational psychologist Dr. Mike Smith about the idea of the “corporate comfort zone”—what it means, why it feels safe, and when that safety can actually be misleading. They discuss the difference between real security and a false sense of it, how discomfort can motivate you, and the four stages you go through when you leave what’s familiar: comfort, fear, learning, and opportunity.<br/>They have an open conversation about ageism, dow...

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  Will AI Take My Job? Future‑Proofing Your Career Path Career Compass Podcast S2 E3

  Jun 7, 202626 minS0

  <p><b>In this episode, Tamara and Dr. Mike trade the scary headlines for a calmer, more useful question: what can you actually do about AI and your career?</b></p><p><b>In this episode of the Career Compass Podcast, host Tamara Loring sits down with Dr. Mike Smith to take on the question quietly keeping millions of professionals awake at night: </b><b>“Will AI take my job?”</b><b> Their conversation moves past the doom-and-gloom and into something far more useful—what you can actually control.</b></p><p><b>“Almost everyone we talk to has the same 2 a...

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  Episode #2

  Season 2 Episode 2: Too Old to Hire, Too Young to Retire: Beating Ageism and Taking Ownership of Your Career.

  Mar 30, 202629 minS2

  <p><b>Too Old to Hire, Too Young to Retire: Beating Ageism and Taking Ownership of Your Career</b> Career Compass Podcast | Season 2, Episode 2</p><p>Experienced professionals in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are feeling squeezed — too young to retire, but increasingly pushed out by ageism, AI, and corporate restructuring. In this episode, host Tamara Loring sits down with Dr. Mike Smith — leadership coach, speaker, and 26-year U.S. Air Force veteran — to explore how age bias shows up in today's workplace and what to do about it.</p><p>The problem is widespread. According to the TES Generational Career...

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  Episode #1

  Season 2, Episode 01: Are Careers Broken? What the New Data Reveals:

  Mar 17, 202630 minS2

  <p>The Entrepreneur's Source® | Career Compass Podcast | Season 2, EP 1<br/>Career Compass Season 2, Episode 1: Are Our Careers Broken? What the New Data Reveals<br/>Season two of Career Compass opens with a bold question: Are our careers broken? Hosts Tamara Loring ("T") and Dr. Mike Smith return with hard data, fresh insights, and the honest, compassionate energy that made Season One resonate with audiences nationwide.<br/><br/>Read more: https://vxrworks.click/CCpodcast<br/>Take the Career Confidence Assessment: https://vxrworks.click/Careerthreats<br/><br/>Meet the Hosts<br/><br/>Dr. Mike Smith spent 26 years in the Air Force, including s...

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  Episode #216

  Busting Myths About Franchising and Finding the Right Business Opportunity. POD EP 216

  Dec 2, 202429 minS2

  <p>Busting Myths About Franchising and Finding the Right Business Opportunity, Possibilities, Options and Dreams EP 216<br/>GET A FREE "Your Career Revolution" BOOK OFFER HERE: https://offer.entrepreneurssource.com/<br/><br/>In this episode from Franchise Match, we examine the prospering world of franchising and bust some of the most entrenched myths surrounding this business model. Joining the discussion is Liane Caruso, who brings over a decade of experience in franchise marketing, and Tamara Loring, who has a wealth of career and franchise coaching knowledge. They demystify common misconceptions, from the belief that franchising is limited to fast-food chains...

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