Leaving my Vice President Role (Maria on Mic)

On this episode, Maria reflects on her learning journey as a VP of a multi-billion enterprise. She opens up about the fork in the road that led her to leave the organization after more than sixteen years.

She shares with hindsight and honesty the decisions she had to make and what fueled her aspiration to become a VP.

She then wraps up this series of Maria-on-Mic with her reflections on the questions she first posed: What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you want to do when you grow up? What environment do you want to work in?

With a genuine love for learning and making an impact, Maria takes us through her corporate journey in the hopes of guiding and inspiring yours!

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

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Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Bluesy Vibes performed by Doug Maxwell

Book Bag performed by E's Jammy Jam

Mentioned in this episode

Henkel - https://www.henkel.com/company

Maria’s LinkedIn profile that shows her career path - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaxenidou/

Goethe

Michael Schrage

Harvard Business Review - Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become

YouTube Video: Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become

Linchpin by Seth Godin on Amazon

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Maria on Mic: What do you want to be when you grow up? (part 1)

Maria on Mic: What do you want to be when you grow up? (part 2)

Listen to this episode and explore:

Maria’s second international assignment to Shanghai (2:32)

Wearing two hats - global and regional roles (6:16)

Maria’s commercial role: a new global growth opportunity (8:46)

Coming back to the USA after 7 years in Europe and Asia (10:24)

Her VP position gets eliminated! (12:21)

Things happen for a reason (14:29)

Closing remarks : lessons learned while creating an impact (16:42)