🎙️ INTERVIEW: Navigating Career Transitions & Writing Big Idea Nonfiction w/ Herminia Ibarra
​** This is a LIVE interview with author Herminia Ibarra about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
​What does it mean to craft an effective narrative of your life as you navigate transitions? How can we use storytelling on and off the page to make sense of the world?
​Herminia Ibarra knows what it takes to reinvent yourself in your life and career. A world authority on leadership and career transition, Herminia is the author of two hugely influential books, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, and Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career.Â
​Join us for a conversation with Herminia as we discuss reinventing your career, owning your story, and the art of writing big idea nonfiction.Â
​We’ll also explore:Â
​Herminia’s career path and writing journeyÂ
​Turning research into popular nonfictionÂ
​The importance of effective narratives on the page—and in our lives
​Why leaders should act first and think later
​How to bring leadership skills to our creative livesÂ
​About Herminia Ibarra
​Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School. Prior to joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties. An authority on leadership and career development, Thinkers 50 ranks Ibarra among the top management thinkers in the world. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, one of Apolitica’s 100 most influential people in gender policy, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the 2018 recipient of the Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award for her research’s contribution to management practice.
​She is the author of two best-selling books, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Her most recent article, The Leader as Coach, won the 2019 Warren Bennis Prize for the best leadership article in the Harvard Business Review. Ibarra writes regularly in leading academic journals and business publications including the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times and speaks internationally on leadership and organizational transformation.
​Ibarra is a member of the London Business School Governing Body. She chaired the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee, which reports to the University’s Board of Overseers, from 2012 to 2016, having been a member since 2009, and served on the INSEAD Board of Directors. A native of Cuba, Ibarra received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University, where she was a National Science Fellow.
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​Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
​Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
​Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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