SE Troy Affinity Group (virtual)

Tips in Developing Early Career Professionals

Managing or mentoring early career professionals can be exciting, frustrating, or both!

New college graduates have spent 4 years acquiring knowledge that they are eager to apply. Yet the real workplace is a bit more messy, complex, ambiguous, and uncertain than the case studies in their college classes. They have a lot of ideas but when they are told:
                - We tried that before
                - That won’t work
                - It is more complicated than that, or
                - The leaders won’t support it...

…they begin to wonder if they will EVER be allowed to actually innovate or do something creative! And have probably vented to you about their frustration.

If you’re managing, recruiting, or working to retain early career professionals, or looking to expand your leadership/mentorship skills, this session will give you some tips on how to manage and mentor early career professionals to increase their understanding, capabilities, and outcomes.

AND, if you are an early career professional, you will pick up some tips on how to develop and how to leverage a mentor to support your development.

Becky Andree is known around the world as a disruptive thinker. After spending 25+ years in Fortune 500 companies in HR and Talent Management, she knows how to develop employees to thrive at all points in their careers or work. Her disruptive and visionary Talent approaches have resulted in millions of dollars to organizations’ bottom line and has activated development in thousands of people around the globe.

She lives in Norton Shores, Michigan with her teenage son, Carson and dog Rudy. She enjoys traveling, yoga, reading, philosophizing and gardening.

The mission of the Inforum Troy Morning Networking Group is to be the one meeting you look forward to attending each month. We are committed to an “apology-free” zone so do not apologize if you’re a few minutes late, or if you need to leave a few minutes early (we’ve ALL been there). Our goal is to be a welcoming, supporting networking group for professional women.

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The mission of the Inforum Troy Morning Networking Group is to be the one meeting you look forward to attending each month. We are committed to an “apology-free” zone so do not apologize if you’re a few minutes late, or if you need to leave a few minutes early (we’ve ALL been there). Our goal is to be a welcoming, supporting networking group for professional women. The group meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. at Walsh College.  Doors open at 7:45 a.m. 

Please contact Brenda Meller at mellerbrenda@gmail.com for information or questions associated with the Troy Affinity Group, or if you are a member of Inforum interested in speaking at this group.

The Troy Affinity Group encourages members to Pay-It-Forward by paying half of a nw member’s membership fee.  

Group Leadership

Andrea Wright awright@ctpsolutionsllc.com

Deb Mourray TallDebb@gmail.com
Brenda Meller brenda@mellermarketing.com

Stella Woitulewicz  stella@stella-w.com

Cheryl Carr ccarr@walshcollege.com