Kathy Baughman McLeod, a leader in nonprofits and for-profits, shares how mid-career women can benefit from their careers:
Kathy Baughman McLeod, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center of the Atlantic Council, at C40 CitiesKathy Baughman McLeod has been a top leader in both nonprofits and for-profits, so when I spoke with her recently about her new job, I heard several insights that we can all benefit from in our own careers, especially mid-career women who want to make a difference and are ambitious. She also shared a few pieces of career advice directly as you’ll see.
: If your current work isn’t resonating with you, and you find something else that does, after careful deliberation, it’s okay to change jobs, as she did from GIS-focused work to policy work. , focused on exploring finding the “right” role for you in your organization before you jump ship. McLeod also made the important point that relocating can build adaptability muscles and I attest to that as well. She moved a lot as a child, since her dad was in the Air Force, so as a survival tool she learned how to figure out a community or an organization.
Here’s how she described what she looks for: “What are the incentives? What are the informal networks of communication here? Mostly, what’s driving people? What are people trying to get done here? How do they do it?...Just understanding the underpinnings of an organization.”Listen to my full interview with Kathy Baughman McLeod on my
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