The Pandemic

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It was about the eleventh or twelfth month of the pandemic, so it was well into changing how we were operating. I allowed myself to actually apply for a much bigger roll that i wouldn't have in a million years thought of doing pre pandemic. And with that comes a lot of other things, right? Like trusting your team, not being a helicopter boss and just designating projects.

It’s one thing to know you want to upgrade your work life. It’s another to take the steps necessary to establish a new routine and career outlook. There are three phases to any major life change, according to management research findings: separation, experimentation, and reintegration.

Making a change is possible, manageable, and worth the effort. As proof, two women who are well into the process reflect on the steps they took to come as far as they have, as well as the payoff they’ve seen in their lives.

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Shilpa Bhandarkar is the CEO of the tech venture arm of a law firm.

Bridget O’Brien is a marketing director within a large health system.

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