Sharpening Skills That Make a Difference Series (Session 1): Managing Your Career & Effective Networking

The Association for GXP Excellence (AGXPE) is pleased to announce a new Spotlight Webinar Series hosted by Karla Robertson, CEO of Shifting Gears Executive Coaching.

Sharpening Skills That Make a Difference

This limited series of 4 sessions is going to zero in on specific, practical awareness and skills that all professionals need to master regardless of where you are in your career or what title you hold.  Each session will be an hour and will include content presented by Karla, some in-session practice and then Q&A. There will be one week between sessions. Please note that each topic does not require that you attend any of the previous sessions, although they are all connected in some way and do support each other. Please come ready to share your experiences, questions and thoughts. We all learn from each other so it’s all good!

LOCATION:  Zoom (to be shared before 1st event)

Session 1: Managing Your Career & Effective Networking

Thursday, September 22 from 10am-11am EDT

So many people do a good job at managing the work, their teams, their objectives. They also forget to manage their own career. For a long time now, it has not been enough to do your job well and trust people will notice. You will learn how to:

• Ensure that your results, approach and presence make a difference and are noticed.
• Tell your story.
• Manage up.
• Identify an advocate who has a seat at the table and how to network effectively to drive the advancement of your career.

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About the Presenter:

Karla Robertson’s 20+ years in the corporate arena led her to start her own company, Shifting Gears® in 1999, specializing in mental agility coaching with leaders and executives across diverse industries. Her success as a speaker is rooted in her consistent ability to provoke a desire in her audiences to engage and develop their mental agility which ignites their willingness to make shifts in the way they think. This, in turn, helps them become more effective communicators, influencers and leaders while building their health, relationships and joy. As a coach, she has earned trusted advisor status with her clients who consistently define her candor, humor, directness and her ability to challenge their thinking and actions as the hallmarks of Karla’s value. 

All times are US EDT.