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Episode 87: Advice to prepare for setting goals for 2026 - Propelling Careers Podcast 

December 23, 2025
by Lauren Celano, CEO, Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School 
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In the spirit of continuing with the reflecting theme that we have had over the last few episodes, Jim and Lauren planned this episode to give advice for how to use the holiday “slowdown” to help you as you set goals for 2026 and strategize for how you will accomplish or at least make progress on these.  We hope you find this episode helpful and we hope you enjoy listening.

  • Why are we doing this episode:
  • Self reflection
  • Do a Gap analysis
  • Reflect on feedback received
  • Do you have unfinished/incomplete goals?
  • Do you have ongoing or evergreen goals
  • Relevance to Ultimate goal (career, etc)?
  • Goals come in different forms and timescales
  • Develop a or update your skill development plan

 

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

 

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