Wendy M
Pfeiffer
Managing Director at Box of Chocolates
"Level Up or New Game Plus: What To Do When You've Hit Your Limit"
"Level Up or New Game Plus: What To Do When You've Hit Your Limit"
Fri May 23 - 2:00 PM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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"Level Up or New Game Plus: What To Do When You've Hit Your Limit"
"Level Up or New Game Plus: What To Do When You've Hit Your Limit"
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Session: Level Up or New Game Plus: What To Do When You've Hit Your Limit
In some ways, your career is like a video game--everything you learn, experience and achieve prepares you for the next level. But what do you do when you've reached the top, achieved that C-Suite role, hit your career's limit? Many of us retire at that stage, content to exit the game, secure in the knowledge that we won.But what if there's more to the career game? What if you could take all of your accumulated skills, experience and passion and focus on something compelling, familiar, and unpredictably new?
According to Wikipedia, "in role-playing games (RPG's), when a sufficient amount of experience is obtained, the character "levels up", achieving the next stage of character development. Such an event usually increases the character's statistics, such as maximum health, magic and strength, and may permit the character to acquire new abilities or improve existing ones until they reach the end of the game and have achieved their character's full potential."
However, for a few characters in a few games, there's an additional level, called New Game Plus (NG+). "NG+ allows the player to restart the game's story with all or some of the items or experience gained in the first play-through. NG+ modes contain certain features not normally available in the initial play-through, such as increased difficulty, altered combat encounters, and more."
So how about you? Have you hit your limit, or are you ready to unlock the next level?
Key Takeaways
- Think of your career like a video game--you keep leveling up until you finally reach the C-Suite.--the highest level of career achievement.
- The game doesn't have to end at the C-Suite. You can enter a new career level by pursuing board service.
- As a member of a board, you will encounter new challenges, and you'll use the skills and experience acquired in your career to unlock new levels of achievement.
Bio
An accomplished motivational speaker and author, Wendy M. Pfeiffer is the Founder and Managing Director of Box of Chocolates.At Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Nutanix, GoPro and Robert Half, Wendy led executives and teams in large-scale hybrid infrastructure operations, Internet technology development, ML/AI-enabled business process transformation, cybersecurity and corporate governance, and global sales team enablement.
Now retired from her operating career, Wendy focuses on 1-on-1 mentoring of Founders and CEO's, Board Advisory, and Board Director services. Notably, she has served as an Independent Board Director for public, private and non-profit companies including Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS), SADA Systems (NASDAQ:NSIT), the American Gaming Association (501(c)6) and Girls in Tech (501(c)3).
