Jean is joined by Aliza Knox.

Aliza and Jean talk about

Portfolio careers
Being the first Twitter employee in Asia
The importance of serendipity in our careers
How to take a chance in your career
How stamina helps in our careers
How to prepare for promotion
The role a personal board of directors in our careers

Aliza built and led APAC businesses for three of the world's top technology firms—Google, Twitter and Cloudflare. Named 2020 APAC IT Woman of The Year, she spent decades as a global finance and consulting executive, and is now a non-executive board director and a senior advisor for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Aliza now shares her passion and lessons learned with the next generation of business leaders, guiding companies across new frontiers while building and maintaining strong connections between teams around the world.

Ailza has been featured in Business Insider, Quartz, The Muse, TechCrunch and The Economic Times, and is a regular columnist for Forbes, where she shares her wisdom (and humor) to help professionals who dream of "doing it all." She’s the author of the new book Don't Quit Your Day Job: The 6 Mindshifts You Need to Rise and Thrive at Work [Wiley, April 25, 2022], which presents the six empowering, essential mindshifts necessary to rise and thrive in your career – and to love your life at the same time.

Connect with Aliza Knox on:

Official Site: www.alizaknox.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alizaknox

Twitter: twitter.com/alizaknox

You can find Jean here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/

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Ep. #29 Don't Quit your Day Job with Aliza Knox