Life After COO-Life: How To Navigate the Transition

​Mawulom Essel-Koomson (COO of African Leadership University) will be moderating a roundtable with a few COOhort members sharing their transition journey:

• ​Charlene Chen, Former COO of AZA Finance and Lantum

• ​Meredith Karazin, Former COO/President of Moringa School

• ​Michaela Peicheva, Former Head of Operations at Wefarm

• ​Eddy Vaisberg, Former COO of Fuzu

​Attendees will also have a chance to contribute and share their questions. Some of the questions we will discuss are:

• ​How do you get to know new fields and companies? One of our members will talk about the exciting shadowing model he used to get to know best practices at a variety of startups.

• ​How do you decide what is important to you next? One of our members will talk about reprioritizing life over career and what's that meant for their journey.

• ​How do you decide what next role or field is right for you? How do you transition to a new type of role? One of our members will talk about moving into a job type.

• ​How long might a transition last? We'll have people at different stages of their journey share.

• ​How do you logistically handle a transition? We know you have questions about money, time management, communicating with family and friends, etc.

• ​And more...