CR323: Mid Career Blues? “Future You” in 60 mins

Speakers: Madhumita Mantri (Sr. Data Technical PM @ LinkedIn, Greg Arnold (VP of Engineering @ LinkedIn), Suja Viswesan (Director of Engineering @ LinkedIn)

Summary: Improve and future proof your career prospects by learning how to transform your career. This workshop explored options for each participant to take charge of their careers.

Key Points

• Each speaker introduced themselves with an elevator pitch and identified their superpowers
• LinkedIn has framework for mentors called GROW (Grow, Reality, Options, Will). This framework starts with having clarity with where you want to go in your career.
• The goal of the GROW mode is understanding the future you. Discovery (be open to new areas of expertise, interests and opportunities), Elevator Pitch and future you!
• Today we must understand your journey. What makes you so successful in your current job (superpowers)? What are you passionate about?
• This session is about self reflection
• Each participant partnered with another person to discuss their current positions, superpowers and career goals.
• Workshop participants also took time to reflect and build out their career trajectory to help refine their career narrative and identify the direction they could take.
• Key Takeaways: Mapped my career journey, identified my superpowers, identified my future career prospects to build a plan for “career success”, and increased my confidence in taking charge of my career.
• Goals: I will start writing and sharing my elevator pitch, building my competencies, building my network, and practicing my career narrative 3x at GHC before I leave the conference.