Session: Intentional Career Progression
The number of women in tech has been in steady decline since 2018, with even more women leaving the field since the onset of the pandemic. In this session, Executive Coach Ali Levin, who is on a mission to see more women in tech get promoted into leadership positions, will share her career growth model. We will take a deep dive into how to build a career strategy which includes understanding what is in your control and your sphere of influence in developing your expertise, how to maximize your reputation, why building and leveraging relationships is critical, and strategies for staying resilient and cultivating an abundant mindset.
Bio
Ali Levin is a seasoned executive coach, a Certified Forum Facilitator for the Young Presidents Organization, and a leadership development expert. Over the past fifteen years, Ali has been an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, a sought-after global keynote speaker, a contributor to the BBC radio show In the Balance, and a presenter at numerous conferences. She currently coaches senior executives in scaling tech companies and professional services firms.
Ali has coached thousands of leaders over the course of her career as an executive coach. She also created the CLEAR Career Program: a hybrid program of virtual learning and live group coaching to support cohorts of mid-level career women in technology in advancing their careers.
Previously, Ali spent ten years as a labor and employment lawyer in the US where she was recognized for her practice by Chambers USA. Ali holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz; a JD from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts; an MA from City University in London; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.