Despite a lengthy career in procurement and
supply chain, Jill knew that she wasn’t solving the tough problems that she wanted
to solve. She had been in successful roles with some of Canada’s largest companies
and was working on climbing that traditional corporate ladder with the goal of
heading a major procurement department.
Yet burn out made her recognize that she had
been climbing the wrong ladder all along. She saw that the traditional version
of ‘success’ in these roles was not how she defined success, and she was not
using her talents to help those who needed her knowledge and skills the most.
“I got tired of smacking my head on the
glass ceiling again and again,” she laments. “I realized that if I wanted a
seat at the table, then I needed to build my own.”
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