3 Day online Class-Boost Your Career to Thrive in Economic Uncertainty

Boost Your Career During Economic Uncertainty Strategically in 3 day, 1.5 – 2 hours Each Day

Does your company slow down hiring? Do you see any economic slowdown? Do you have friends who lost their jobs recently?

Many of us have experienced economic downturns in the past but didn’t have the strategy to utilize the downturns to discover new opportunities. We drift with the downturn currents and have an accidental career, we let other people decide our fade, and we just give up and wish for the best.

• How much do you need to prepare for the economic slowdown?
• What would be the strategy during the downturn
• How to build stronger relationships with your manager? Even you have a difficult relationship with your manager?
• How to identify more opportunities within your company?

All these and more questions will be answered by two amazing C-level executives Dr. Elizabeth Xu and Pat Zimmerman, who have gone through many economic downturns and gotten into C-suites and public company boardrooms.

12 successful leaders and working professionals from Google, Linkedin, Apple, Cisco, NeoGenomics, FibroGen, BridgeBio, and Qualcomm. Will share their strategies and lessons learned with you.

So bring your questions, and we will make sure your questions are answered by Dr. Elizabeth Xu and Pat, and 12 other leaders.

We have designed the three-day sessions for you, each day 1.5+ hours after regular working hours, with the following agenda:

• Lecture 30 minutes – Dr. Elizabeth Xu and Pat
• Panel discussion and sharing – 20 minutes
• Breakout sessions – 10 minutes
• Q&A – 30+ minutes – Elizabeth, Pat and Panelists

Register for this event and bring your friends, we will help you to thrive in the economic slowdown strategically!

• Day 1: How to break ceilings and secure jobs during economic slowdown, how to become indispensable at your company?
• Day 2: How to ask for raises, promotions and negotiate compensation you deserve, how to get promoted to VP, director and manager positions?
• Day 3: How to work well with tough managers and peers, win the heated discussions and resolve issues?

12 successful VP, Director and Managers will share their real stories and journeys.

We will provide the best practice in breaking the corporate ceiling, elevate your mindset, and seek and take constructive feedback. How to deal with challenging peers and managers, how to get the support you need to become successful during the tough time

We will teach you the best practice in asking for promotions: the timing and 1-1 steps with your manager, such as how to ask for promotions, working with your manager to get unique opportunities to shine, how to get the credits you deserve, more importantly, building trust with key stakeholders.

Bios:

Dr. Elizabeth Xu:

Elizabeth is a public company board member and the CEO of A2C Academy. She has served as two CTO positions of billion-dollar revenue companies: CP Group and BMC Software. She became a C-level executive in 2005 at a public company. She provides coaching in Leadership, Digital Transformation, AI, and cloud. She is also an investor for early-stage companies.

Dr. Elizabeth Xu has taught at Stanford University for 6 years about leadership, and currently is a guest lecturer at Stanford University Teaching Digital Transformation at the Department of Engineering Management Science. She is also the advisor for MIT Innovation Initiatives.

Elizabeth earned a Ph.D. and two Master’s Degrees. She is a Harvard certified board member and attended the Stanford Executive Program.

Elizabeth received the TOP 50 Diversity Leader in the United States in 2020, the Presidential Award in 2019, the Global Leadership Award in 2018, the WITI Hall of Fame Award in 2017, and Women of Influence in Silicon Valley in 2013. She also received 10+ other prestigious awards. She is a trailblazer, leading a creative and proven path to the top.

Elizabeth lives by the credo of the four “L”s

Live to my fullest potential.

Love the enable others to reach their fullest potential.

Learn continuously.

Leave a legacy.

Pat Zimmerman:

Pat has been Elizabeth’s mentor for 31 years. She retired from AT&T at age 43. She retired the 2nd time from the positions of the Chairman and President of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University Nevada, Reno.

Pat has been teaching and coaching various students and working professionals since 1989. She has contributed significantly to the community.

Pat is the winner of Jefferson and Kennedy Awards and many other prestigious awards. As a lifelong learner and mentor, she believes that “ The day you stop learning, is the day you start dying”.