The Secret of Stellar Careers: Serendipity plus Planning = Success

Track:
Professional Development

Day & Time:
June 24, 2:30PM - 4:00PM

Session Number:
144

Room Number:
103

Level:
Basic

Type:
Forum

Title:
The Secret of Stellar Careers: Serendipity plus Planning = Success

Chair(s):
Sandra A Wiejowski, PharmD,RPh
Senior Director, Global Medical Review
AbbVie, Inc., United States

Description:
Most successful professionals will speak to the importance of intentional career planning along their journeys. A career plan should, however, be flexible enough to allow an individual to capitalize on unexpected opportunities or serendipitous moments. Sometimes the unplanned can provide for amazing experiences. You just never know! This forum, comprised of leaders from academia, the pharmaceutical industry and the consulting world, will draw upon their personal experiences and own serendipitous moments to provide advice on professional development.

Learning Objective(s):
Discuss the importance of intentional professional development and career planning; Identify serendipitous moments as development opportunities; Describe how to plan your career and leave room for serendipity.

Presentation(s) & Speaker(s):
Panelist
Jay Liebowitz, DrSc
Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology
University of Maryland University College, United States

Panelist
Ursula Jorch, MEd,MSc
President
Jorch Consulting, Inc., Canada

Panelist
Lynn King
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations
Rho, Inc., United States