CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Say It Skillfully: How to Speak Your Mind at Work
The new hybrid workspace provides unique opportunities for team collaboration—and many potential communication pitfalls. Whether you are struggling to be heard while working remotely or preparing for a difficult conversation in-person, learning Molly Tschang’s 3-step framework will help you effectively use your voice.
Speaker: Molly Tschang, Founder & CEO, Abella Consulting, and Host, Say It Skillfully podcast
Host: Deniqua Crichlow, Senior Director, Human Resources, Cisco
Executive Spotlight: Le Louis, Chief Engineer & Program Manager, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Playing the Long Game in Your Career
Even before the pandemic, many of us felt stuck on a hamster wheel, reacting to what is in front of us with no time or energy for anything else. Years of disruption and uncertainty have made short-term thinking the norm and stymied many long-term plans. In this session, Dorie Clark invites you to break out of the frantic day-to-day routine and transform your career by playing the long game. Learn new strategies for gaining momentum to create a more meaningful life.
Speaker: Dorie Clark, reinvention expert & best-selling Author, The Long Game
Host: Laurie Evans, Director, Recruiting, Core, Google
Executive Spotlight: Gayathri Menon, Senior Director, SW Validation & Verification Engineering, Hologic, Inc.
CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Othering & Belonging
No matter how confident we might feel about our identities, microaggressions can make us feel like perpetual outsiders. Former editorial assistant Zakiya Dalila Harris became a best-selling author with the publication of The Other Black Girl, her debut novel about an African-American woman navigating a nearly all-white company rife with subtle and often unintentional discrimination. In this conversation, she talks about code-switching, workplace isolation, and what we can all do to create a greater sense of belonging on our teams.
Speaker: Zakiya Dalila Harris, best-selling Author, The Other Black Girl
Moderator: Laysha Ward, EVP, Chief External Engagement Officer, Target
Board Spotlight: Katharine Pullis, Director, San Francisco Base Chief Pilot, Alaska Airlines
CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Possibilities: Grow & Transition Your Career with Purpose
In these uncertain times, many are re-evaluating their career paths, some by necessity and others by choice. Living through crises compels us to ask important questions about what matters, what’s possible, and even what our life’s purpose could be. Career strategist Linda Raynier shares steps for clarifying your goals and growing your career with purpose. Whether you are seeking a job, promotion, or opportunity to switch industries, you will leave with fresh ideas about how to create a career path that resonates most fully with you.
Speaker: Linda Raynier, career strategist and YouTube star @lindaraynier (IG)
Session Host: Joni Tsumas, area VP, sales, Cohesity @cohesity
Sponsor Spotlight: Annabel Flores, VP, electronic warfare systems, Raytheon Intelligence & Space @raytheonintel
CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
Whether you are assuming a leadership role for the first time, taking on a new role with greater responsibility, or working to expand your influence in your current position, leadership transitions are always a challenge—and especially this year. Herminia Ibarra, one of the foremost management thinkers in the world, shows how women can step up to greater leadership in 2021 by making small but crucial changes in their roles, networks, and leadership style. This session will change the way you think as a leader about what kind of work is important; how you should invest your time; why and which relationships matter in informing and supporting your leadership; and, ultimately, who you want to become.
Speaker: Herminia Ibarra, organizational behavior professor & best-selling author @herminiaibarra
Session Host: Angela Morris Lovelace, chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer, Silicon Valley Bank @svb_financial
Sponsor Spotlight: Erin Platts, head, EMEA & president, UK branch, Silicon Valley Bank @svb_financial
CAREER ADVANCEMENT | Untaming Your Career
Some women strive for career growth by trying to meet others’ expectations and even reaching for perfectionism. We think this striving will make us successful, but it leaves us uncomfortable using our voice to dissent and even feeling weary and stuck. If you are ready to move beyond others’ expectations, squash self-doubt, and reclaim control of your career and life, join this intimate conversation with Untamed author Glennon Doyle and PBS host Kelly Corrigan. Glennon, who says “the braver we are, the luckier we get,” flips the script on imposter syndrome and challenges you to tap into your inner strength and resiliency.
Speaker: Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Untamed @glennondoyle
Session Moderator: Kelly Corrigan, best-selling author & host, Kelly Corrigan Wonders podcast @corrigankelly
Session Host: Jessica Swanson, VP, marketing, breast health & skeletal, Hologic @hologic
Sponsor Spotlight: Brenda Dulger-Sheikin, SVP, State Street Investor Services America @statestreet