Career by Intention Global Conference
                                                 "Demystifying your career path in the new world economy"

Every action starts with an idea, a dream or a goal.  The power of your idea,  coupled with intention and strong action  will  lead you to  reach your goals and far greater success than you imagined.  Knowing what you want, developing and strengthening your skills and making the most effective choices are the essential elements of creating your career by intention. Applying this to how professionals cultivate  their careers has never more important than now; Today’s challenging work environment and economy has  made it essential for people to reinvent themselves; they are taking charge of their own career development and creating enormous success!

We invite you to participate as a sponsor in this ground-breaking new career conference – designed and delivered by four of the top business coaches in the West: Deepika Bajaj of Invinicibelle; Karen Colligan of PeopleThink; Dr.Rosie Kuhn of The Paradigm Shifts Coaching Group and Bobbie LaPorte of RAL & Associates – and developed specifically for Bay Area professionals..

No keynotes, no panels; JUST skill building workshops to stretch, strengthen and expand those skills that will immediately empower everyone toward their career goals . 

8:00         Registration and Breakfast

9:00          Host Welcome/ Emcee

9:10          Opening Remarks

9:15         Assessment: The Re-Discovery:  Karen Colligan

Who are you today?  What’s important to you now?  We will ask these questions as we are re-discover our values, skills and natural talents.  When we think of the success we have had in our life it is due to being true to our core.  We want to build on those successes.  The focus is on who we are and what we want now.    We will rid ourselves of the shoulda-woulda-coulda’s and begin the re-discovery of ourselves.  Remember…it’s never too late in life to revise, refocus and refresh!

10:45    Break

11:00     Workshop 1:  Creating Your Road Map to Success: Bobbie LaPorte

Now that you have completed your assessment and career profile, what’s next? In this segment we’ll help you further define your career goals, identify the gaps in your skill set, learn how to expand your professional network and create a game plan to achieve your dream job.

12:30    Networking Luncheon

1:30      Workshop 2:  Tapping your internal dialogue: Dr. Rosie Kuhn

Self-empowerment is a crucial set of skills that provides muscle to impact our future by what we do and how we be today. In this section we focus on the internal dialog – the one that either sabotages our best laid plans or empowers us to step courageously in the direction of self-fulfillment. We’ll practice empowering ourselves by cultivating awareness around what we are truly committed to, noticing choice-points and exercising choice-making muscles.

3:00     Break

3:15   Workshop 3 – Building your Personal Identity: Deepika Bajaj

Research shows professionals who ascend to senior level positions take charge of their careers via purposeful career planning, taking calculated stretch risks, creating a powerful personal identity, strategic networking, and growing their political savvy. Hard work is simply not enough to guarantee professionals that they are seen and treated as high potential leaders. This session will invigorate you to clearly define and develop your personal identity.

4:45       Open Mike/Closing Remarks

5:00        Reception

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Workshop Leaders


Bobbie LaPorte

Roberta (Bobbie) LaPorte is Founder and Principal of RAL & Associates, a consulting firm providing leadership and career development services to professionals in transition.

Before founding RAL & Associates, Bobbie served in senior management roles in a number of Fortune 50 companies, including IBM, GE and United Healthcare. She is passionate about helping professionals find their place in the work place. A certified career coach she has a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Harvard. A frequent speaker and author on the powerful relationship between physical fitness and career success she is also a multiple Ironman triathlon finisher.

Dr. Rosie Kuhn

Rosie Kuhn is a personal and professional coach for individuals, couples, businesses. She has worked in the field of human development for over 20 years, producing cutting-edge leadership skills and developing successful outcomes for individuals and organizations.

Rosie expertise lies in translating your speaking and languaging of your personal and professional desires into shifts and transformations that greatly empower you to live into your vision.

 
Karen Colligan

A recognized expert in career, leadership and team development, Karen Colligan works in partnership with many of today's successful companies and their most precious asset: their People.

Under the pressure of an ever-increasing competitive landscape, exceedingly high expectations, a daunting list of accountabilities, and the necessity to drive results through efficient execution, PeopleThink helps companies build their competitive bench strength, tap into natural talents, and achieve organizational success.


Deepika Bajaj

Deepika Bajaj is the founder and president of Invincibelle, a company empowering diverse, multi generational workforce and women to thrive in a multicultural world. The author of DiversityTweet: Embracing the Growing Diversity in Our World, she is at work on a second book about her experiences as a global citizen and what is shaping the new voice of diversity. Her upcoming new ebook “PINK and Grow RICH” speaks of 11 UNREASONABLE RULES for success for women leaders who live and work in a multicultural world. She speaks and consults on diversity, blogs at www.deepikabajaj.com and writes a column on social media for ActiveGarage. She is the winner of 2010 IWE Entrepreneurship Achievement Award.  Bajaj received a bachelor’s degree from Bangalore University in India and an M.B.A. in marketing from Fordham University in New York.