Career Wisdom from the Golden Girls

Employees typically accept a new position with ultimate aspirations to move up to management. Faculty have specified guidelines to earn promotion and tenure, but staff must navigate the upward progression without a compass to guide them, potentially with disastrous and frustrating results. All is not lost, however! Our names are not Blanche or Rose, but with a combined 80 years of higher education experience, we “Golden Girls” will impart what we have learned as we have moved up, down, and sideways on the ladder, will share nuggets of wisdom to use in building your resume and gaining confidence in your abilities, and will alert you to navigating potholes or detours on your career path.

Committee Group: Group IV: Leadership and Management Development

First Learning Outcome: Setting goals and articulating aspirations to pursue your passion. 

Second Learning Outcome: Growing practical leadership gifts such as embracing change and joy, growing confidence in self, continuous learning, and being a team player not a game player.

Third Learning Outcome: Focusing on utilizing several life lessons within the work place, including work/life balance, patience, and persistence as well as many others.

Core Competency: Leadership and Management

Proficiency: Enrollment Management Proficiencies

Presenter(s): 

Cindy Miller Kansas City University

Kelli Cox Kansas City University