Own Your Potential

Kristen Groh, Group Vice President, Managing Partner and North American Consumer Products Lead at Publicis Sapient, tells us about about the power of leaning into curiosity, being a hand raiser, and the value of focusing on solving problems.

Rishi Nayyar, Co-Founder and CEO of PocketHealth, tell us about the importance of staying true to your criteria as you make decisions in your career, the critical difference between specialization and passion, and how early and clear goal communication helps foster a strong organizational growth culture.

Taylor Frey, Manager Data Science & Analytics, & Rachel Adams, Senior Associate Project Management, two future leaders at Publicis Sapient tell us about how understanding the big picture and developing a diverse, cross functional knowledge base and perspective early in your career are critical to building a solid foundation for future success.

Chris Halligan, Director of Business Operations at Publicis Sapient, tells us about the importance of defining your desired outcomes and facilitating advocacy for your own growth by others.

Arjun Asokakumar, Director of Data Science - People Analytics at Royal Bank of Canada, walks us through the keys to a successful career pivot, and highlights the importance of knowing your narrative and having substance behind your self advocacy.

Mark Eckman, Global Managing Director of Business Solution Design at HCL Software and former Managing Partner at Publicis Sapient, tells us about grounding his self advocacy in facts, embracing training early in his career, and serving as a mirror and catalyst when advocating for others.

Simon, Group Vice President and Global Lead of Data Science and AI at Publicis Sapient, tells us about the the importance of not stretching yourself too thin, how critical diversity within a team is to it's success and how picking your moments is key to leveling up in your career.

Jessica Pargament, Senior Director of Business Training at Luxottica and Co-Founder of Confab, tells us about the importance of being aware of the changing world around you, approaching self-advocacy as being your own PR firm, and how the PIE framework has been key to her success.

Andrew Kirby, General Manager at Apply Digital, tells us about how tactics for self-advocacy have had to adapt and evolve within our new remote working reality, and how important being purposeful and respectful of people's time is to finding success in self-advocacy.

Liam, Senior Associate Agile Project Management and Global Pride Co-Lead at Publicis Sapient, talks about the power of leaning into your brand, being memorable and refusing to have a passive role in decisions made about your career.