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Grace Puma & Christiana Smith Shi: Building a Career Path

May 14, 2024

Former C-suite executives Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma share insights on career strategies, career forward mindset, strategic career pivots, and the value of collaboration. They discuss building a winning culture, sponsorship over mentorship, and the importance of challenging roles for leadership growth.

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Grace Puma

Christiana Smith Shi

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Quick takeaways

Having a career forward mindset involves setting goals, building skills, expanding networks, and creating a roadmap for progress.

Sponsorship plays a vital role in career advancement by advocating, supporting, and connecting individuals for growth.

Deep dives

Book Overview and Authors Introduction

The podcast features the authors of the book 'Career Forward, Strategies from Women Who've Made It', Grace Puma, former COO of PepsiCo, and Christiana Smisci, former president of Consumer Direct for Nike. The authors discuss their motivation behind writing the book, sharing insights and learnings from their corporate journeys aimed at helping individuals at various career stages.

Introduction

3min

Career Progression, Resilience, and Collaboration in Sharing Experiences

3min

Navigating Careers with Intentionality and Purpose

13min

Navigating Career Advancement & Sponsorship

11min

Leadership Insights and Career Growth

7min

Manage your career more effectively with the practical strategies offered up by two inspiring former C-suite executives, Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma. The former president of Consumer Direct for Nike and former Chief Operating Officer of PepsiCo join On Leadership to share some relatable lessons they’ve learned from their own career journeys, including the importance of having a career forward mindset, making strategic career pivots, and the value of collaboration.

3 Steps to Build a Culture Where Teams Thrive: To provide lasting support to their people, organizations need to build a winning culture with inclusive, high-trust values that help their people succeed both at work and outside of it. Download and share this guide and help your organization align its culture and values with what’s best for its people.

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