Beyond Expertise

Eric Dickmann
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If you’ve spent years building a career and now find yourself wondering what’s next, this podcast is for you. Beyond Expertise is a podcast about identity reinvention for professionals ready to explore who they are beyond their careers. Hosted by former corporate executive and fractional CMO Eric Dickmann, the show explores reinvention, purpose, creativity, and personal growth after decades focused on professional achievement. This isn’t a traditional business podcast. It’s about rediscovering identity, exploring new interests, and becoming more fully yourself.

Episodes

  1. From Selling Canned Corn to Purposeful Coaching with Chip Scholz

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    From Selling Canned Corn to Purposeful Coaching with Chip Scholz

    A layoff. A cross-country move. A booming coaching practice. Then a stroke that forced a hard pause. Chip Scholz’s story is a sharp reminder that career and identity reinvention rarely unfold as we script them, and that “success” can still quietly pull us away from the life we actually want. On this episode of Beyond Expertise, we trace Chip’s path from working non-stop in college, landing in sales during a recession, to discovering he thrives when he can define his own role and build real community relationships. He explains what pushed him out of the corporate world, why he stopped chasing the motivational-speaking stage, and how executive coaching gave him what he craved: long-term relationships and measurable impact. If you’re trying to figure out how to reinvent your career, start a coaching business, or build a more fulfilling professional identity, you’ll hear concrete tactics, not just inspiration, including his simple five-by-five networking method for generating warm introductions. The conversation also goes deeper into meaning and purpose. Chip reflects on David Brooks’ “The Second Mountain,” the toll of 100-hour weeks and constant travel, and how recovery changed his priorities around sleep, health, and the way he chooses work. We also talk about writing books, using StoryWorth to break through writer’s block, and why hobbies like woodturning can become a surprisingly powerful part of a purposeful life. Listen now, then subscribe, share this with someone at a crossroads, and leave a review so more professionals can find these stories of reinvention. Show notes, references, and links are available at: https://podcast.ericdickmann.com/show/beyond-expertise/from-selling-canned-corn-to-purposeful-coaching-with-chip-scholz/ Send questions or comments For more information and insights from Beyond Expertise, visit https://podcast.ericdickmann.com/ Be sure to check out Eric's other show, The Virtual CMO podcast.

    39 min

  2. SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    Beyond Expertise - When Your Job Title Stops Defining You

    Your career can provide you with status, structure, and a straightforward answer to the question “Who are you?” Then one day, that answer stops working. Maybe you’re tired of climbing the corporate ladder. Maybe your role disappears in a layoff, merger, or firing. Or perhaps you decide to walk away. Whatever the reason, you might find yourself in a strange middle ground. No longer where you used to be, but not yet where you want to go. I’m Eric Dickmann, a former corporate executive who spent over 30 years building a career before stepping away to start something new. The transition hasn’t been straightforward; it has been filled with uncertainty, reflection, and the tough realization that identity can quickly become overly attached to a job title. Beyond Expertise exists specifically for that season, when you’re questioning what’s next and who you want to become. We dig into what career reinvention really looks like: rediscovering interests you buried while building a corporate life, exploring new paths and creative pursuits, rebuilding your network, and uncovering relationships that fit the person you are now. This is a podcast for professionals in transition, for anyone navigating a midlife career change, and for people who still feel they have more to contribute. If you’re ready to define yourself beyond work and build a next chapter with real fulfillment, subscribe, share this with someone in the in-between, or share a question you’re wrestling with right now. Send questions or comments For more information and insights from Beyond Expertise, visit https://podcast.ericdickmann.com/ Be sure to check out Eric's other show, The Virtual CMO podcast.

    2 min

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If you’ve spent years building a career and now find yourself wondering what’s next, this podcast is for you. Beyond Expertise is a podcast about identity reinvention for professionals ready to explore who they are beyond their careers. Hosted by former corporate executive and fractional CMO Eric Dickmann, the show explores reinvention, purpose, creativity, and personal growth after decades focused on professional achievement. This isn’t a traditional business podcast. It’s about rediscovering identity, exploring new interests, and becoming more fully yourself.

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  • Creator
    Eric Dickmann
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Beyond Expertise