Almost Famous: Choose Your Own Career Adventure and Reimagine Retirement!

Friday, October 25, 2024

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Location: MPCCW - 184 ABC

Moderator(s)

Dayna Johnson, P.E.

Director - Technical Consultants
Ecolab
BOLINGBROOK, Illinois, United States

Speaker(s)

Wendy Cocke

Founder
Engineering Leadership Solutions
Marietta, Georgia, United States
Sara Schonour

Owner/ Creative Catalyst
Luxsi
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
SR

Sonali Rao

Supply Chain Project Manager
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

“Retirement,” from the French “retirer”- to withdraw - is defined as “withdrawing from work.” What if instead, we interpret retirement as withdrawing from the mundane and filling our lives with joyful activities? What if following passion-driven paths to heights of near-stardom yielded the discovery of talents and opportunities that could fill your later years, your soul, and quite possibly your pockets? With ever-changing working dynamics and the age for traditional retirement creeping higher, it’s time to throw the rulebook out the window. Let’s reimagine retirement; rethink its economics; and take some logical, calculated risks - by betting on yourself - to create the life you want.
Hear the stories of three women who have pivoted traditional, corporate careers and amplified their work with defining experiences: teaching, writing, leading, and even reality TV. Understand the events that catapulted their brushes with fame and how they’ve built on their opportunities and experiences.

Learning Objectives:

Discover new versions of “retirement” and determine how to visualize them for yourself.
Describe various off-ramps from a traditional career and leverage those pivot points to move your career into a new direction.
Think creatively about what your career can morph into in the long term and leverage that inspiration.