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I didn’t know what I wanted to do but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.
 -Diane Von Furstenberg

 

 

Career

This chapter is about putting myself in charge of creating the career I want.  It’s about picking the path less traveled; the roads traveled on that path; the steps taken; the easy and agonizing decisions along the way.  It’s about the mentors that have encouraged me to keep going. Those who believe in me. It’s about helping others do the same; to demand their worth.  Never settle.

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2020: Wo-Men Automotive Summit

2020: Wo-Men Automotive Summit

Caroline TrudeauDecember 22, 20200
Last month, I participated and attended the Wo-Men Automotive Summit (WAS) virtually. This story is a reflection of my journey getting there, experiencing the conference digitally and a demonstration of the actions it inspires me to take. March 2020 I had so many apprehensions about the conference. Like everything else, and likely as for everyone ...
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Slalom: What Does Digital Mean To You?

Slalom: What Does Digital Mean To You?

Caroline TrudeauApril 12, 20201
At Slalom, We Believe Digital is in the Eye of the Beholder Two Days. Four Cameras. 107 People. 9,000 Words. At the turn of the decade, I asked our commercial and federal teams in DC, the entire Slalom DC office, to trade me a few words in exchange for a professional portrait. In a world ...
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Everything is Canceled.  And Now, You Are Working From Home.

Everything is Canceled. And Now, You Are Working From Home.

Caroline TrudeauMarch 15, 20200
5 tips to help you get ready and maximize your productivity. Most of us make an intentional decision to take a remote job. I made it in 2012 when I joined Omnicom Group digital agency Organic: I was one of two employees aligned to the Detroit office living and working in the Washington, DC area.  ...
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Slalom: The First 100 Days

Slalom: The First 100 Days

Caroline TrudeauFebruary 2, 20200
It’s already been a crazy and good ride.  Reflecting on my first 100 days at Slalom DC, one statement summarizes it all: I came out guns blazing.  Precisely, with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, determination, force and noise. I have to give credit to a team of brilliant consultants that laid the groundwork for me ...
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Slalom: All The Deets

Slalom: All The Deets

Caroline TrudeauSeptember 17, 20195
Joining Slalom Consulting September 18, 2019. It’s my first day at Slalom Consulting. I am so thrilled to be joining this company, its people and its clients for the next chapter of my career’s journey. This is the story of how I came to and chose Slalom. The Back Story It started early one mid-July ...
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September 2018: A Real Coaching Conversation

September 2018: A Real Coaching Conversation

Caroline TrudeauSeptember 16, 20192
This morning, I met with coach Jason Shine.  On a gorgeous Monday morning in Arlington, Virginia, we collaborated on some content for his upcoming second book.  Jason, I am honored you picked me to be part of this amazing project.  Thank you. On the way home, I reminisced about a conversation we had one year ...
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Women Automotive Summit: A Global Event Like No Other

Women Automotive Summit: A Global Event Like No Other

Caroline TrudeauJune 17, 20192
  In May, I was invited to attend the inaugural Women Automotive Summit.  Put on by a team of passionate professionals from Worldwide Partnerships, a British organization dedicated to the power of face-to-face business interactions, the Summit would take place in Stuttgart on June 14.  Coincidentally, it would occur right in the middle of my ...
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Lost in Translation: I Got a Facial in Munich

Lost in Translation: I Got a Facial in Munich

Caroline TrudeauApril 30, 20192
  Prelude Several weeks ago, I saw an interesting job opportunity come through in one of my LinkedIn searches.  It was at the Paris-born boutique skincare and luxury cosmetics maker, Maria Galland.  Headquartered in Munich since its acquisition by the German healthcare group Klosterfrau in the 1980s, the role reported directly to its CEO and ...
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Learning to Listen & the Power of Place

Learning to Listen & the Power of Place

Stefanie ReiserFebruary 16, 20190
  Sometimes I refer to myself as an accidental developer because I didn’t set out to create a real estate business when I started flipping houses. The Beginning In 2013, I was looking for a house to renovate, and landed a project much bigger than the tiny row house I had just completed.  This new ...
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GDW: I am “Woman of the Week”!

GDW: I am “Woman of the Week”!

Caroline TrudeauJanuary 29, 20192
  On a gloomy Munich Friday, last week, I got a note from Sabrina from Global Digital Women that brightened up my day.  It read something like: “We would like to feature you as part of this new program we are starting this year called #WomanoftheWeek.  Here are 8 questions for you to consider if ...
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#DFLA18: So Much More than an Award

#DFLA18: So Much More than an Award

Caroline TrudeauNovember 26, 20182
  I pick up the Digital Female Leadership Award story where I last left off in early August, after publishing a blog post in which I shared my thoughts and feelings about asking my network for help and votes for the Audience Award.  Back then, I was also wondering if these women shared my insecurities, ...
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Lisbon: Lively and Lovely

Lisbon: Lively and Lovely

Caroline TrudeauNovember 11, 20180
  I’ll kill 2 birds with one stone with Lisbon: visit another city on that Condé Nast 20 best European cities list, the original source of travel inspiration for my 2018 gap year (that I now ironically can’t find online anymore), and attend a conference, the House of Beautiful Business, partially put on by a human ...
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London: Highs and Low

London: Highs and Low

Caroline TrudeauOctober 16, 20180
  I came to London at the end of my visit to Munich.  I hadn’t originally planned on it but an opportunity to pick up a freelance assignment partly there / partly remotely from DC for the month of October came up.  London was calling.  Naturally, I extended my 7-week Bavarian visit another week and ...
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Living Dharma: I Learn. I Teach.

Living Dharma: I Learn. I Teach.

Sarah LynnAugust 7, 20180
Editor: Caroline Trudeau   A Learning Journey I’ve always been motivated by learning…      Declared Majors: Accounting, Biology, Dietetics, Home Economics      Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education (Virginia Tech)      Career Path: Public School Teaching      —      False Starts: Alternative Education, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Curriculum Development   ...
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Help: I’m Nominated for an Award!

Help: I’m Nominated for an Award!

Caroline TrudeauAugust 5, 20180
    Growth and comfort do not coexist  -Ginni Rometty   How I Got Here It’s no secret, I’m in job search mode, full effect.  Lately, I’ve been stepping up the networking, especially searching for and reaching out to contacts globally, given my desire for a global career. A kindred German spirit mentions to me ...
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A Career With Intention

A Career With Intention

Mike RobinsonJuly 30, 20184
A person with goals in life knows no obstacles.  -Nuccio Bertone   I unknowingly embraced my career with intention in elementary school, when I started drawing horses with great passion (I competed in equitation tournaments for years, starting at age 10). That passion for horses was surpassed only by my passion for cars, when I ...
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Since The IBM Seduction: I’m Ready

Since The IBM Seduction: I’m Ready

Caroline TrudeauJuly 16, 20180
“Caroline, what have you been up to?!” This question comes up more and more as time passes since I put my corporate career on pause.  Lately, after several years on the road, as I have re-integrated in the Northern Virginia region I spent the last 18 years residing in, it shows up with every encounter ...
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Once Upon A Goal: To The LPGA Tour And Beyond

Once Upon A Goal: To The LPGA Tour And Beyond

Mallory BlackwelderMay 13, 201819
Editor: Caroline Trudeau Prologue to a Dream I grew up on the LPGA Tour.  My mom, Myra was a professional golfer, my dad, Worth, a caddie.  After the tour, my parents worked at golf courses in my native Kentucky: she taught golf, he was a club pro.  They never put any pressure on me to ...
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Persistence: To Create My Career

Persistence: To Create My Career

Cécile HultMay 13, 20180
Co-Author: Caroline Trudeau Warm Up “I’ve been reading your blog.  I’m inspired by your stories”, Cécile shares as our annual meeting to review of my finances.  I’m flattered. She is my advisor for all things money related.  I do (almost!) everything she tells me about assuring my financial security, managing my coin and planning for ...
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Dear Future Employer: Please Don’t Tell Me You Are Busy

Dear Future Employer: Please Don’t Tell Me You Are Busy

Caroline TrudeauMarch 19, 20180
Here is why: I already know you are.  We all are busy. Especially in this day and age: society is encouraging us to tell the world how busy we are as a status symbol.  (For more on this topic, read this fascinating Harvard Business Review article or this brilliant Columbia Business School white paper). So ...
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On The First Date: To Tell or Not?

On The First Date: To Tell or Not?

Caroline TrudeauFebruary 22, 20187
I recently started saying yes to recruiters. Soon, I will (have to) go back to work; I’m actually looking forward to it! So I’ve turned that LinkedIn feature on and I am open to the initial fit conversation that is often necessary to begin the hiring process at pretty much every corporation. I am happy to report that I have already ...
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From CES 2018: What’s in an Experience?

From CES 2018: What’s in an Experience?

Caroline TrudeauJanuary 17, 20186
For nearly 40 years, the most wonderful time of the year has traditionally been followed by CES season in Las Vegas. Quickly after setting their resolutions, some 200,000 humans from all over the world head to Sin City to kick off the new year with a bang. They walk the more than 2.5 million square feet of exhibition floor and asphalt ...
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I’m so pumped to attend #CES2021! I can’t wai I’m so pumped to attend #CES2021!  I can’t wait to see how @cta bridges this annual physical gathering into an all-digital mega-event. I’m interested in soooo many topics this year, and I’m prioritizing my beloved #automotive and #mobility industry 🖤❤️💛
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Dreaming of traveling. I don’t know when I took Dreaming of traveling.

I don’t know when I took this photo or where I was going. 

I know this is one of IAD’s runways.

It had to be a small, somewhat empty flight for me to be on the window. I am an aisle girl. 

Yet, I can’t wait to sit at a window seat again. 

Any seat. Any window. 

#soon
No beat. Just woke up like this. Happy to be toget No beat. Just woke up like this. Happy to be together at #Club1670 and inspired about what we are planning for the #podcast this year. We’ll be back on air January 19th. 
 
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