Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences?

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

Business News, Technology, News

4.9 • 108 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The buzz: "The human spirit is like an elastic band. The more you stretch, the greater your capacity" (Bidemi Mark-Mordi). Career stretch opportunities–temporary assignments requiring expertise outside an employee's regular job duties–are embraced by companies as well as their workers who are eager to showcase new skills and passions. What does this mean for you? Our panel will share insights on how to accept and negotiate stretch assignments on your own terms, and on a Be Leaderly report about how each gender decides their readiness to stretch. The experts speak. Selena Rezvani, Be Leaderly: "You will never climb Career Mountain and get to the top and shout, 'I made it!'" (Amy Poehler). Robert F. Solomon, Jr., Network of Executive Women (NEW): "The world is not changed by people who sort of care (Sally Hogshead). Schuchi Sharma, SAP: "The greatest contribution of a leader is to make other leaders" (Simon Sinek). Join us for Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the most nutritious hour of business talk all week.
0:13.3	This is Coffee Break with Game Changers, presented by SAP.
0:17.3	The best run business is Run SAP.
0:19.9	Your host and moderator is Bonnie D. Graham.
0:22.3	You'll hear from the innovators who have learned to use game-changing technologies to shake up the status quo and help move today's businesses in new directions.
0:30.1	Now, here's Bonnie D. Graham.
0:32.3	Yes, indeed.
0:33.1	Here she is.
0:33.7	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:35.1	If you want to run with the game changers, you know you're in the right place.
0:38.6	We say it, we mean it, and people around the world have told us it's true.
0:42.8	So let's check the buzz today and see what's happening.
0:45.1	We found a quote from a young author and she calls herself a leaderpreneur named Bidemi Mark Mordy.
0:52.6	The two last names are hyphenated.
0:54.6	Here's the quote, I think you'll find it very provocative.
0:57.5	Quote, the human spirit is like an elastic band.
1:01.8	The more you stretch, the greater your capacity.
1:04.8	So what in the world are we talking about?
1:06.6	Well, we're talking about career stretch opportunities.
1:10.7	If you're new to the term, let's break it down.
1:13.5	It's a temporary assignment within the company where you're currently employed,
1:17.8	requiring you to pull in your expertise outside of your regular job duties.
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