Join WEST on June 17, 2021 to hear from Melissa Nuñez, a Certified Financial Planner TM and Accredited Investment Fiduciary®, as she shares strategies for building financial resiliency and maintaining level financial footing, especially in the face of the unexpected. Melissa will help us reflect on the challenges and changes we have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and help us plan to meet future financial goals, from paying off debt to buying a home to saving for retirement. Tickets for this event are free thanks to our sponsor, CliftonLarsonAllen.
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Women,
Financial Planning,
Wealth Management,
Transitions,
Career,
Community,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Success,
Women in STEM,
Discount,
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Professional,
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Career Development,
Empowerment,
Advice,
Learn,
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Gender Parity,
Grow,
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Purpose
Have you ever felt like your productivity and success depend on carrying a load of fear, perfectionism, or anxiety? Are you looking for strategies to continue the work you love without feeling overwhelmed? On June 3, Dr. Courtney Paré, a holistic anxiety and self-advocacy coach and naturopathic doctor, will join WEST to share her personal story of recognizing the anxious go-getter in herself and guide us through her step-by-step process for building a more constructive relationship with anxiety, letting go of perfectionism, and living a values-driven life.
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Women,
Career,
Work Life Balance,
Resilience,
Success,
Women in STEM,
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,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
Grow,
goals,
Purpose
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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Women,
Career,
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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,
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Gender Parity,
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Equity
Choice is the most powerful tool we have. We exist in an infinite number of possibilities, that we can shape only by continuously making choices. For this reason, we would think humans had mastered optimal decision-making skills by now. However, truth is, we are often not as good as we would like to be at making decisions.
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Women,
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Women in STEM,
Upcoming Events,
Tools,
Developing Your Skills,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
Webinar
Personality tests can be powerful tools for personal and professional development. Here are seven quick tips to help you go deep with the insights that you get out of your next self-assessment.
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Coaching,
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Leading Ourselves,
Emotional Intelligence,
Insight,
Career Development,
Assessment,
Self-Reflection,
#WESTevent,
Change Management,
Be Fearless, Be Brave,
Competence,
Webinar,
Personality
Even if you work for a non-profit, you are not their charitable act
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Influence,
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Leading Ourselves,
Developing Your Skills,
Self-Awareness,
Personal Branding,
Career Possibilities,
Empowerment,
New Opportunities,
Advocate,
#WESTevent,
#WESTorg,
Women in Business,
Organizational Culture,
Be Fearless, Be Brave,
Competence
Your Career = Your Business. Regardless of industry, at some point, moving forward will requiring marketing your business-of-one.
In STEM fields, entrepreneurs don’t have a monopoly on ‘selling’ ideas. As the CEO of your career, you are your best advocate. In life and career, eventually we all find ourselves pitching a new concept. Maybe you need to explain your science to prospective investors. Or, you’re going for that grant. Or you want to present your paper at a conference.
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Women in STEM,
Upcoming Events,
Tools,
Career Development,
Marketing,
Advocate,
#WESTevent,
Women in Business,
Be Fearless, Be Brave
Do you think you deserve a higher salary in the job offer? Are you aiming to score that promotion this year? Frustrated by the growing workload and the dwindling resources? Couldn’t get to agreement with your team about project deliverables and timelines? Regardless of your role, we negotiate everyday. And these difficult conversations always wrack our nerves. WEST’s first workshop in 2019 by Amy Rebecca Gay provided a framework and practical tools to help us navigate self-advocacy and increase effectiveness in negotiation.
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Topics:
Gender Balance,
Network,
negotiation,
Workshop,
Networking,
Relationships,
Tools,
Developing Your Skills,
Compensation,
Empowerment
In today's business world, it's rare that a team is physically located in the same space. Remote work is becoming increasingly popular and easier with advancements in technology. Business are also more global than ever before as it's easier to expand abroad. As it becomes easier for businesses to physically expand, it also becomes more difficult to collaborate and communicate. Between different time zones, cultural communication styles and varying priorities it's hard to stay aligned as a business. This creates challenges as we try and execute on a strategy. It's important that we double down on visibility into collaborative work and leverage tools that help us stay aligned.
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STEM,
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Career,
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Cambridge,
Women in STEM,
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Operational,
Business,
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Digital,
IT,
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