Can you imagine leaving a Senior Director role at Google to embrace parenting three rambunctious boys full-time? 🤠

In this episode, I speak with Jeana Jorgensen about promoting herself to Full-Time Mom 💪

The twist: Jeana's decision to live her values and honor her three boys actually attracted her dream job as Corporate VP, Worldwide Learning at Microsoft in the age of AI.

Jeana continues living her values as Executive Director at the Pepper Foundation, supporting foster kids to have their best possible holiday season.

Learn more and give directly here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7135361935520235521/

Special thanks Women in Cloud and Chaitra Vedullapalli for featuring Jeana's leadership story onstage, and Clara Schroeder for bringing me along!

#lifedesign #intentionaldecisions #nonlinearcareer

Join us for a special year end wrap-up! My guests are big tech heavyweights, Ugur "Mik" Catmak (Founder, Lean High Performance Academy) and Ümit Uludag (expert on lifelong learning).

We talk creating and claiming value in career conversations, self-paced learning, and why we can't forget to decompress!

Takeaways:
Value Creation: how to create and claim value from your work
Personal Branding: strategies for building and leveraging an authentic, meaningful personal brand
Developing through disruption: how lifelong learners adapt with AI

Follow Mik and Ümit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ugur-mikail-catmak-mik-123226b0/
https://www.instagram.com/ugur_mikail_catmak/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/uemit-uludag/

Special episode alert! I had the chance to be interviewed by Deborah Sgro (Global Mentorship Director, Women in Big Data). For the first time, I share:

-Why I went solo
-How you can launch a solo business
-How to succeed faster

This was recorded for the Women in Big Data Solopreneuer cohort program.

Book recommendations:
Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri: https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Build-Trap-Effective-Management/dp/149197379X
The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau: https://www.amazon.com/The-100-Startup-Chris-Guillebeau-audiobook/dp/B0081CDIGW