NextUp Chicago – Fall Learning Event

About the event

Chicago Proud: Power, Progress, and Presence. Where Legacy Meets Leadership – – An Evening with Chicago’s Leading Women. 

Get ready to celebrate the spirit of learning, collaboration, and community at our Fall Learning Event: Chicago Proud Edition! Inspired by the rich culture, resilience, and innovation of the Windy City, this event is designed to energize, connect, and empower. Choose 2 of our 5 incredible breakouts to customize your experience.

Option 1: Tina Lambert: Advancement Tips I've Learned the Hard Way.

Feeling stuck? Frustrated by how slow your career is moving? Or just not afraid to admit you have ambitions? I'll share 7 lessons I've learned on my path to the C-Suite – by screwing them up!

Option 2: Angela Sebastian: Introduction to the Enneagram: A Leadership Presence and Growth Game Changer

The session is designed to engage your curiosity by exploring beyond the surface of how you show up in leadership and in life through the lens and wisdom of the enneagram. The enneagram goes beyond standard personality assessments by uncovering and exploring the motivations under each personality type. Recognizing and understanding your motivation and the motivations of others can lead to personal breakthroughs, deeper relationships, and enhanced team performance. Knowing how you show up is essential. Understanding why you show up the way you do offers unlimited learning and growth potential. Attend this session for an introduction to the nine personality types and underlying motivations for deeper insight into your personal journey and the pathways for navigating your life and your leadership with intention and purpose.

Option 3: Hillary Leisten & Marita Decker: Beat Imposter Syndrome: Build Your Confidence at Work

Think you’re the only one who sometimes feels like a fraud? Think again. In this conversational 30-minute session, we’ll start with a fun quiz to see where imposter thoughts sneak in, then share surprising research and hands-on strategies to flip the script. You’ll leave with confidence-boosting techniques you can put to work right away—because you deserve to own your strengths and feel great at work, and beyond.

Option 4: Marianna Swallow: Overcoming the Assumption Syndrome

Our knee-jerk assumptions – the stories we tell ourselves and the assumptions we make – can keep us stuck and inhibit our professional and personal growth. Learn how to identify those knee-jerk assumptions, short-circuit them, and take steps beyond for greater growth. 

Option 5: Kit Chaskin NAVIGATING HIDDEN STRUCTURES OF INEQUITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Hidden structures exist in corporations, and a savvy employee needs to understand and navigate these systems in order to advance in their career. Even innovative companies still use outdated structures that can derail advancement. We will shed light on how complaints to HR impact advancement, how to disclose harassment or discrimination on behalf of yourself or others, and what really works to make employees and workplaces safe. This session reveals hidden systems and provides practical knowledge for building a productive and safe career.