We all have times when we wonder, “Am I at the right company? Am I in the right job? And is this all there is?” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and […]
It’s a common scenario: You’re ready to move up into a managerial role, but you’ve been told that you’re not qualified because you lack management experience. But how do you gain that experience until you get to manage? Moving from individual contributor to people manager […]
You’re about to start a new job role and want to get off on the right foot. A few questions running through your mind might include: In this thorough piece from The Muse, get a full rundown of how to navigate your first 90 […]
In the following short webinar, get a quick overview of the LEARN Model Step 1: Learn Self, Role, Organization. Then, we dive into one aspect of this LEARN step, which is how to start work well. If you’ve received joined a new organization or […]
If you’re feeling stuck where you are, or just starting to think about making a change down the road, you can actually create a career development plan right now, from where you are. We created our LEARN Alumni Career Development Model to help you […]
If you have decided that you need to make a career pivot – a move into a different career path, organization, or industry – take some time to watch this webinar from Wake Forest alumna Kristin Winkle Beck (‘97). In it, she describes the […]
Whether you’re starting a new job, or starting work for the first time, figuring out what you should be working on, what’s expected of you, and how to be successful there can be challenging. A great tool to help you do this work is a […]
You know you’re supposed to be saving money: for your future, for a rainy day fund, for that big purchase you have your eye on (hello, summer vacation). But how do you save money when you’re already in debt and everything keeps getting more expensive? […]
By Maggie Kuhn (’21) The society we live in is increasingly engineered for productivity. Self checkout lanes, drive-through restaurants, online shopping – all efficiencies meant to keep up the pace, to save us from wasting time and labor, and encourage us to move quickly […]
Research shows the habit of reflection can separate extraordinary professionals from mediocre ones. But how do you sort which experiences are most significant for your development? To answer this question, the authors of this Harvard Business Review article asked 442 executives to reflect on which experiences most advanced […]