Lessons from My Career: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
If you were able to spend an hour in conversation with one of the senior women in your organization, what might you want to know? How could their experience help you to better navigate your career whether it is progressing more quickly or avoiding potential traps that lie ahead?
In a successful pharma career that spanned over 30 years, 3 continents, 4 companies, and some groundbreaking roles, I have enjoyed both triumphs and failures and learned from them all. If I were to boil down my key learnings to those that most influenced my career with the goal of helping you to discover new opportunities to advance your development and career, they would be the following:
No one will ever care more about your career than you. So don’t leave the management of your career to others.
A good sponsor can make a huge difference (but don’t put all your eggs in one basket)
It is never too early to network and never too late to start
How long is too long? Hanging onto a bad performer for too long comes at an enormous cost to them, to you and to the organization.
Yes Virginia, there actually are people with bad intent in the workplace. How does that change what you do?
For those interested to learn more about these topics, my background and current role, please feel free to check out my LinkedIn profile at: linkedin.com/in/alisonjoslyn.