NBWL Elevate Session | Your Next Chapter: Designing Career Growth With Intention

Careers are rarely straight lines. For many Black women, our professional journeys are shaped by ambition, opportunity, responsibility, survival, reinvention and the need to keep moving through systems not always designed with us in mind.

You may be thinking about your next role, a career pivot, a return after a pause, a move into leadership, or simply asking yourself, 'What do I want now?'

In this reflective and practical Network for Black Women Leaders Elevate Session*, Executive Coach Ashana Crichton will help Black women think intentionally about the next stage of their professional lives.

Drawing on the idea of “Squiggly Careers” and a “Board of Directors” approach to mentorship, this session will explore how you can prepare for career growth.

Rather than expecting one mentor, manager or opportunity to provide all the answers, we will look at how to build a wider circle of guidance, advocacy and perspective around your career. We will also explore how to move away from rigid career ladders and towards a more flexible, strengths-led approach to growth.

This is not about having every step mapped out. It is about creating space to reflect on what you might need in order to unlock future career success, making your next chapter feel more intentional and less overwhelming.