What A Chief Of Staff At An Entertainment Company Wishes They Had Known Before Entering The Touring Operations Industry
Colleen, a Chief of Staff in the entertainment industry, wished they had known how to better balance "being on the road and off the road," as the demanding travel schedule creates "two extreme environments" requiring better management strategies. This highlights a key challenge for professionals in touring operations, especially early in their careers.
Work-Life Balance, Time Management, Stress Management, Independent Contractor, Touring Operations
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Colleen Cozart
Chief of Staff to SVP, Touring Operations
Fortune 500 Entertainment Company
Denison University
EMBA at UCLA Anderson Business School
Communications
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Operations and Project Management
Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. The difficulty of maintaining a work-life balance while touring is a significant challenge.
2. It's crucial to find strategies to effectively manage the transition between being on the road and off the road.
3. There is a stark contrast between the 24/7 demands of touring and the lack of structure when off the road, which is difficult to manage.
Transcript
How do you learn about this road that you wish someone would have told you before you enter the industry?
"Oh, how to create a better life balance between being on the road and off the road. I think that can become really challenging because when you're on the road, you're 24/7.
Coming off the road as an independent contractor, you're coming back to kind of nothing. Finding a better balance of managing those two extreme environments would have been extremely helpful as a young person."
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