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Episode 214: How to Be the Leader of Your Own Career with Dr. Benjamin Ritter
Episode 214 • 27th March 2023 • Club Capital Leadership Podcast • Bradley Hamner
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In this episode, Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, joins Bradley to discuss how to Be The Leader of Your Own Career.

Dr. Benjamin Ritter is a leadership and career coach, Talent Development Executive, values geek, international speaker, online instructor of the course How to Be the Leader of Your Own Career and Create a Career You Love, and podcaster (The Executive, and The Live for Yourself Revolution), who’s passionate about guiding leaders to be the leader of their own career and create a career they love. 


With over 11 years of experience working with clients from companies such as Amazon, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, Northwestern, Pinterest, and Yelp, Ben understands how to navigate any career path you decide you want to travel. 


From empowering professionals to get unstuck, to guiding senior leadership on how to stand out from the competition, develop executive presence, and feel confident in being a leader, Ben is an expert in his field and will guide you toward truly living for yourself at work and in life.


Ben received his Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with a focus on value congruence and job satisfaction and earned an MBA in entrepreneurial management, and an MPH in health policy administration


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