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Career Transitions

"Having your own business is the hardest job you’ll ever have." — Eve Pearl

From Everyday Heroes- 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time by Katrina Fried and Paul Mobley. Photographs © 2012 Paul Mobley. www.welcomebooks.com/everydayheroes

Nancy Lublin ON Career Transitions

CEO, DoSomething.org

Q: I believe obstacles create opportunities. What was the hardest career transition in your life and how did you grow from it?

A: Leaving Dress for Success was hard! Most founders create something—and then leave in a pine box or on a stretcher. I’m a true entrepreneur—I get itchy for a new challenge and I get bored when the wins come easily. I wanted Dress for Success to be an institution, not a cult of Nancy. So I picked a successor and made ... READ MORE »

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Holly Gordon ON Career Transitions

Executive Director, 10x10

Q: Many people become discontent with their current career yet are too afraid or reluctant to make a change. What’s your best advice for women in this situation?

A: Be brave, be bold and try. Failure is better than inaction. In action, you’ll learn more than you will if you stay in an unhappy place. As Kelly Clarkson says, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” READ MORE »

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Danielle Carrig ON Career Transitions

Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Affairs, A+E Networks

Q: Many people become discontent with their current career yet are too afraid or reluctant to make a change. What’s your best advice for women in this situation?

A: I think small changes are more palatable and can yield big results in the end. Take small steps and work toward a long-term goal and make sure to write that goal down! Keep track of the steps and feel good about the progress you are making along the way. Before a change is made there are so many ways to ... READ MORE »

Natalia Oberti Noguera

Natalia Oberti Noguera ON Career Transitions

Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship

Q: Many people become discontent with their current career yet are too afraid or reluctant to make a change. What’s your best advice for women in this situation?

A: I have met many women in transition and witnessing this moment in their career trajectory is exciting because I can see the many routes and possibilities ahead of them. Of course, the unknown can be anxiety-inducing, scary, and draining, in addition to exciting. Since it can be easier to pinpoint what one doesn’t want to do than what one does want ... READ MORE »

Saran Kaba Jones

Saran Kaba Jones ON Career Transitions

Executive Director, FACE Africa

Q: Many people become discontent with their current career yet are too afraid or reluctant to make a change. What’s your best advice for women in this situation?

A: I would say dig deep and find the courage to make that change. Don't do business as usual, because that's a sure fire way of becoming unhappy, irrelevant and passed by. The world is constantly changing and moving forward with or without us. So decide if you want to be part of the past or a part of the future, ... READ MORE »

Iris Chen

Iris Chen ON Career Transitions

President & CEO, "I Have a Dream" Foundation

Q: I don’t feel like this topic is talked about enough in business news. Professionals get laid off, fired, resign or change careers all the time–which can obviously be a difficult transition at first. What was the hardest career transition in your life and how did you grow from it?

A: I fortunately haven’t had to face any tough career transitions. The one ‘glitch’ in my career path was deciding to leave McKinsey several months after I started full-time at the firm (I’d previously spent a summer there). I didn’t plan it that way and would have stayed longer were it not for an unforeseen opportunity that I felt I couldn’t ... READ MORE »

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