Join WEST on Tuesday, May 18 at 12:00 p.m. EST as we host Stephanie Lajoie-Lubin to talk about building a personal advisory board to support your professional and personal goals. Lajoie-Lubin is the founder and principal consultant of Lajoie Consulting Group, a firm that works with organizations to transform their workplace cultures through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and supports early- to mid-career professionals through career transformation.
Lajoie-Lubin draws on the concept of a personal advisory board, outlined here by Natascha Saunders, to develop a holistic view of her clients’ and her own personal and professional goals. Lajoie-Lubin's talk will outline the key roles to include on your personal advisory board to help you gain perspective, build a career strategy, stay personally grounded, maintain financial stability, engage with key communities on- and offline, and create a vision for who you want to be.
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Topics:
Women,
Career,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Success,
Women in STEM,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Professional,
Discussion,
Resources,
Interactive,
Balance,
Tools,
Role Models,
Career Path,
Vision,
Developing Your Skills,
Self-Awareness,
Decision Making,
Strengths,
Values,
Impact,
Career Development,
Empowerment,
Advice,
Learn,
Diversity,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
Gender Parity,
Grow,
goals,
Purpose,
Equity
Celebrating WEST's 20th Anniversary with 20 stories of impact.
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Topics:
Events,
STEM,
Women,
Transitions,
Career,
Awards,
Community,
Giving Back,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Entrepreneurship,
Network,
Giving,
Job,
negotiation,
Leader,
Women in STEM,
Workshop,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Professional,
Connect,
Balance,
Inspiration,
Role Models,
Delegation,
Developing Your Skills,
Volunteer,
Board of Directors,
Confidence,
Leaders,
Book Club,
Impact,
Career Development,
New Opportunities,
Mentor,
Inclusion,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
20th Anniversary,
Grow
Celebrating WEST's 20th Anniversary with 20 stories of impact. This week's stories are from Chesley Chen, Maria Lalioti, Joseph Lehar, Anna Li, Enith Morillo, Makeda M, Liz O'Day, and Elizabeth Wu.
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Topics:
Events,
Leadership,
Women,
Transitions,
Career,
Awards,
Community,
Giving Back,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Entrepreneurship,
Network,
Giving,
Job,
negotiation,
Leader,
Women in STEM,
Workshop,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Professional,
Connect,
Balance,
Inspiration,
Role Models,
Delegation,
Developing Your Skills,
Volunteer,
Board of Directors,
Confidence,
Leaders,
Book Club,
Impact,
Career Development,
New Opportunities,
Mentor,
Inclusion,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
20th Anniversary,
Grow
Celebrating WEST's 20th Anniversary with 20 stories of impact. This week's stories are from Anne Cheung, Elissa Hobert, Reina Improgo, Mariana Nacht, Juliana Soto, and Anne Thessen.
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Topics:
Events,
Leadership,
Women,
Transitions,
Career,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Network,
Giving,
negotiation,
Leader,
Women in STEM,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Professional,
Connect,
Balance,
Inspiration,
Role Models,
Developing Your Skills,
Confidence,
Impact,
New Opportunities,
Mentor,
Inclusion,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
20th Anniversary
The sudden and total transition to remote work (RemoWo) triggered by COVID19 may mean that you need to tweak your work from home (WFH) setup. Compared to WFH-Fridays, full-time RemoWo requires a much stricter practice of boundaries and connections—both physical and mental. Check out these five quick tips to help you stay productive—and sane—in the weeks ahead.
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Topics:
Work Life Balance,
Change,
Digital,
Developing Your Skills,
Advice,
#WESTevent,
Change Management,
#WESTorg,
Women in Business,
Be Fearless, Be Brave
As a new mom of two and taking on a brand new role at my company, I've been asking myself these questions a lot. There are days when I feel like I've figured out a great balance, followed by others that are a complete and utter disaster where I'm dropping the ball on both work and life. Often times work and life are considered polarities, you choose or the other, but not both.
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Topics:
Events,
STEM,
Women,
Career,
Community,
Work Life Balance,
Cambridge,
Women in STEM,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Balance,
Polarities
It is almost March, are you keeping up with your New Year's resolutions? Are you stressed at work and don't have enough free time? Perhaps you are on track with your goals but are hoping to find better ways to advance your career? You may just want to break out of your own circle and expand your personal and professional network. Have you considered working with a professional coach to accelerate your growth?
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Topics:
Events,
STEM,
Women,
Career,
Communication,
Community,
Work Life Balance,
Cambridge,
Coaching,
Women in STEM,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Relationships,
Change,
Influence,
Insight,
Confidence,
Personal Branding,
Strengths,
Values,
Support,
Conflict Resolution
Imagine going to a conference designed completely to meet your needs. That’s what an unConference is. This unConference will feature keynote speakers to get you thinking
about the economics of being female and how looking at the challenge from an economic view can positively impact your career. I
n true unConference fashion, it has no agenda until the participants create it. You will decide what topics will be discussed by pitching solutions to the crowd for further discussions in breakout groups. You will share ideas, problem solve, hear multiple perspectives, and challenge the status quo with creative solutions. There is great diversity and experience in the Boston area and this is wonderful opportunity for you to share expertise and exchange innovative ideas in a supportive environment. This is self-directed learning at its best. The content is relevant and exciting because the agenda is created for you, and by you, in the moment.
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Topics:
Events,
Gender Balance, STEM,
Gender Balance,
Women,
Boston,
Career,
Community,
Work Life Balance,
Life,
Women in STEM,
Networking,
Upcoming Events,
Discussion,
Financial,
Interactive,
Equal Pay,
Change,
unConference,
Economics,
Female
Your career needs to be managed strategically and proactively - it does not just happen. Even though good luck, the right network and wicked smarts help, YOU are the only one who can set the direction. WEST’s programming theme this year has been specifically designed to help women in science and technology think about your career advancement strategically and develop your own plan for execution.
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Topics:
Events,
Leadership,
Women,
Tech,
Science,
Career,
Community,
Work Life Balance,
Life,
Cambridge,
Networking,
You,
Annual Theme
Wishing you could handle the work-life balance with this much finesse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ojvk-4IcOE
Wearing yourself out with perfect execution of your job and both the second (often simultaneous) shift at home? Wearing yourself out even trying? Feeling like you can't succeed in your career and be a "good mom and partner"?
Come join us at lunch time (you have to take time to eat anyway!) to learn some tips and tricks for your work-life balance and hear and share some good stories while doing it! You will walk away with at least 1 idea you can implement immediately.
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Topics:
Events,
Women,
Career,
Work Life Balance,
Inspire,
Mom