Pada tahun 2023, karyawan Nielsen berkesempatan untuk berpartisipasi dalam Women in Nielsen (WIN) Leadership Summit selama tiga tahun berturut-turut. Leadership Summit mempertemukan para kolega di seluruh Nielsen dalam panel interaktif, kelompok diskusi, dan webinar untuk saling belajar dan berbagi cerita untuk memotivasi dan menginspirasi generasi pemimpin berikutnya. Acara ini diselenggarakan oleh WIN, sebuah Business Resource Group yang berusaha untuk membentuk dan mempertahankan budaya bisnis inklusif yang menghargai bakat dan perspektif perempuan.ย
With the theme emPOWERment, Choose Your Yes, attendees left feeling empowered to take their career into their hands and use that power to the fullest. โItโs a reminder that our career doesnโt happen to us; we are active in our pursuits and can make different choices if we arenโt aligned with where things are headed,โ said Angela Povia, VP of Client Consulting and a Regional Co-Lead for WIN. Nicole Cetta, Process Lead, agreed that this was the perfect time to talk about empowerment, โNielsen is going through a time of change, and with change often comes some feelings of uncertainty. Honing in on your value and how to convey that value to others is empowering.โ
Despite changes and uncertainty, women remain ambitious and driven at every stage of their careers. McKinsey & Companyโs โWomen in the Workplace 2023โ report found that young women are especially ambitious, with 9 in 10 wanting to be promoted to the next level and 3 in 4 aspiring to become senior leaders. In order to build a safe space where everyone can confidently learn how be empowered in their career, the WIN Summit had 11 panels that showed the different ways we can take control of our future. From The Intentional Professional: The Importance of Developing a Healthy Relationship with your Career Ambitions to Timing is Everything: When To Make Your Next Move, there was something for all attendees to learn at the summit no matter what stage of their career they are in.
In the Stretching for Growth: Assignments that Expand Your Potential session, panelists who took on stretch assignments or facilitated them for others talked about their experiences.
Gomes-Abreu, Client Services Manager, yang membantu menyelenggarakan sesi ini mengatakan, "Seringkali kita terlalu fokus pada kewajiban kita sehari-hari sehingga kita lupa untuk mengambil langkah mundur dan melihat karier kita dari perspektif makro. Penugasan yang lebih luas memungkinkan karyawan untuk merasa diberdayakan dan mendorong mereka untuk mengambil tanggung jawab dalam perjalanan karier mereka."
Dibangun di atas nilai-nilai Nielsen yaitu inklusi, keberanian, dan pertumbuhan, WIN Summit menghubungkan karyawan Nielsen dari semua unit bisnis dan latar belakang untuk menciptakan pengalaman belajar bersama - termasuk para pria! "Saya meninggalkan pertemuan ini dengan perasaan diberdayakan untuk mengadvokasi diri saya sendiri. Saya dikelilingi oleh orang-orang yang berusaha memajukan karier mereka, tetapi juga bersedia mengulurkan tangan dan membantu di mana pun mereka bisa. Ada perasaan terhubung dengan orang lain yang melekat pada diri saya."
Even if change and uncertainty surround us, we can choose the path we want to be on. Our professional lives are a product of the decisions we make; knowing ourselves, being prepared, and taking intentional steps will guarantee success. โFocusing on what we can control and what we can do to prepare ourselves, our colleagues, and the industry we serve for [tough] changes is the best use of our time,โ said Rich Tunkel, SVP of Sales, WIN sponsor and WIN Summit panelist.
