1. Women Finding Fulfillment After The Rookie Years: Part II
ALLISON LOPOUR, COLLEGEWISE
SONIA RYAN, ST. MARY’S COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
LAURA STRATTON, SCRIPPS COLLEGE
ELENA WONG, DREW UNIVERSITY

2. Introductions and Session Expectations
Who we are, where we work, what we do
Roles outside of our day jobs, professional and personal
Recap from our session last year
New stories, struggles, breakthroughs
How to submit questions
Laura gets us started - go through the bullets
Intros: years in the profession, what our professional journeys looked like, share anything personal lives (Laura, Sonia, Elena, Allison)
Allison transition to slide 3

3. How To Submit Questions
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Elena - how to submit question, anonymous, upvote questions once they are in

4. Allison: frame the survey - 70 respondents, talk about the graph - a mix of personal/professional fulfillment
Elena: travel and family seemed to be important factors in how people find fulfillment, relationships got people most excited (students, colleagues etc.)
Laura: roadblocks question - many around issues in any workplace - paperwork, personnel, bureaucracy, constituents who drive you nuts - important to key into what is actually different at different schools/enviros and what is the challenges of work
Sonia: superpower: everyone had an answer and neat to see other people point them out - loved these answers and will share more later!

5. Managing High Highs & Low Lows
Managing high highs (and low lows)
Best session ever
Evolving relationships
-- deeper can mean more political
-- Chelsea/job and making peace with it
Allison
Just when everything is perfect, the world checks you!
Best presentation of my life at IECA this spring
Not one to toot my own horn, but still
At the same time, wasn’t the hero in any other category
One doesn’t negate the other!

7. Relationships: Political Personal
Allison
Survived some tough transitions by developing work wives
Within my company (we share an office now)
Outside and within the professional
So many women cheer me up and get me through the tough stuff
sometimes remind me they struggle too
sometimes putting my stress in perspective
But as those I progress professionally, those relationships get deeper… and more complicated
Big shifts
Competing for a big promotion with my work wife
The person who I most wanted to process this stuff with was wrapped up in it
Felt trapped
She got it!
Settled into my own (better fit role)
Had to dealt with some real FOMO feelings
Then eventually realized I was in a MUCH better fit role and didn’t actually want her job
Best moment was a few months later: dinner at Cheesecake, toasting to her
Now I get to be the supporter to her in a totally different way, has made our relationship even better

8. My Job Search
Decided to do a job search, I did LDI and was told, it is important to look for a job while you are still happy at your current position. So a position came up that I was interested

9. What Changed?

10. Fulfillment and Being a Regional
It can be really hard managing everything while being a regional. I travel a lot, about 30 weeks in the year

11. WACAC Leadership
Beginning with the end in mind. Networking, task building and implementation.
My first WACAC session.
Volunteering with purpose.
Leading by doing.

12. Working for and with men in a “facetime” culture:
Learning to use my voice
Asking for direction while giving direction to my program
SONIA

13. Balancing Home Responsibilities
SONIA
Being a Workoholic
Single mom…..my story.
Being a Superwoman today

14. Bringing others along… and focusing on flexibility over perfection
Restructuring in office - Associate Director to manage entry-level staff
Last year, shared planning counselor fly-in program - changes coming this year and I am ready for it
No “magic answer” to figuring out the life-work balance, but I can be flexible and creative
Restructuring in office - Associate Director to manage entry-level staff: Institution considering new supervision model – institution, division, and I were all ready, Took almost a full year of meetings and negotiations, but will be implementing July 1, Had to own up that I can’t “do it all”, I was not doing what was best for my staff or our office
Last year, shared planning counselor fly-in program: Surprised that I was ready to pass it on, but I was after three years, Different challenges and focus (ED1 engagement, strategic planning, WACAC, staff changes)
No “magic answer” to figuring out the life-work balance, but I can be flexible and creative: Collision course this year with husband’s new (very demanding) job, more travel, and kids in school, Out of the exhaustion phase of motherhood, but more task-oriented parenthood phase, Balance of how to stay organized, support children’s growth and failure, carve out some time for me

15. What’s Your Superpower?
Sonia: what’s your superpower?

16. Questions?