The Only 3 Career Steps that Matter | Rosabeth Moss Kanter | TEDxBeaconStreet

Whether entrepreneur or employee, scientist or journalist, young graduate or top leader, there are just three big career transitions that matter: inclusion, influence, and impact. Opportunities and barriers at each stage can be different for women or minorities, but knowing the challenges can help overcome them - and create change for self and others on the road to success and happiness.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote her first novel at the age of 11. Not one to rest on her childhood laurels, Kanter’s ambition and fierce intellect earned her a BA in sociology and English Literature from Bryn Mawr, followed by an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation on 19th-century utopian communities set the stage for a long and incredibly distinguished career in business research and academia. Kanter taught at Brandeis, Harvard and Yale before joining the faculty at Harvard Business School as the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business and director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. A prolific writer, Kanter has published numerous books on business management, gender and race in the workplace. She served as economic adviser to Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential election, co- founded Goodmeasure, Inc. a consulting firm that counts IBM and British Airways among its clients, and was the last academic to edit the Harvard Business Review. Kanter’s numerous accolades include 23 honorary degrees, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an award in her name, which recognizes the best in work-family research. A trail-blazer by any measure, Kanter was named one of Boston Magazine’s “50 most powerful women” and one of Good Housekeeping’s “125 women who changed our world.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@anh3449]

Thank you really much. You give such a big picture of any career:
1. Inclusion: Get in the door (technical skills/mastery skills)
2. Influence: Get a seat in the table (relationships, belonging)
3. Impact: Get out side of the building to make the world a better place (vision)

[@mentormags]

Love her energy in delivering the talk so smoothly. It shows her lifetime of dedication to the purpose making others successful. It never too early to start envisioning your life, the earlier you get that done, the higher you soar, above all negativity, like the Eagle.

[@patiencekarzrwe6541]

Was so honored to have you speak to us at the Women and Power training at HKS, thank you so much . Very inspiring

[@evamwangi1309]

I needed to listen to this twice!! Love the message, I have never thought about my career in these steps. My professional development changes today. Thank you so much!!

[@paulaannstewartTHANKFUL2024]

What a wonderful orator! I have never heard of Rosabeth, she is very engaging and informative:)

[@naterciagomes4962]

It sums up all I've been thinking to myself but without a base. Thank you

[@dadiineguinha4632]

I really appreciated the talk. I am doing an assignment for my career development and I’m following this model. I call it a model already 😀. However I think there’s should be links for the research’s she mentioned so I could prove my arguments when I refer to problems such as the women network for example.
Very useful information. Thank you Ms Moss Kanter

[@juanisraelortiz]

This is an awesome speech! Thank you, it has given me some ideas for my own business 😊

[@Alex-gu2ws]

This is a great talk for some one starting their career!

[@ellec2935]

She is right about what is missing for minorities is having the contacts/network to help you get a seat at the table, and our home communities not understanding what we have to do to make those contacts.

[@sandrafeliciano9105]

Get involved in formal standardization activities. Find your national standardization body, the technical committees working on standardization projects in your industry/service sector and volunteer to them (standardization work is always voluntary). And boom! You find your seat at the table. You can develop your network. And you can make your voice have an impact in the world.

[@zenaniivy1201]

This is just what I needed, thank you.

[@theartofcareerfreedom]

True!

[@ddosreis100]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

[@jessicajones5742]

Hi thanks for the great tips

[@dulcejin]

Impressive talk

[@nyrena1554]

Powerful powerful

[@iyhr87]

Que linda presentación... que linda ella

[@LaShawnLatera]

Why not go directly to impact?

[@donakarunaratne6012]

wow!! So powerful!!!

[@TimD9422]

Surface level and obvious advice.