By Linda Descano, CFA®, President and CEO, Women & Co. – 05/31/2013
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Who: Megan Wolfe
What She Does: Industry Marketing Director, Grant Thornton LLP and Chair of Step Up’s National Board
Home Base: Chicago
Megan Wolfe is an Industry Marketing Director with Grant Thornton LLP. Prior to joining Grant Thorton LLP, she was a Senior Manager in the Sales, Marketing and Business Development group at Deloitte, leading regional marketing efforts for Deloitte’s financial services industry and providing one-to-one marketing counsel to selected banking and insurance client teams.
During her 12-year tenure with Deloitte, Megan has provided marketing strategy and support to the Midwest region’s tax leadership team, and before that worked exclusively with Deloitte’s technology, media, and telecommunication industry group. Megan led Deloitte’s Midwest shared services women’s initiative committee (WIN), a role she held for five years. Her involvement in WIN dates back to 2004, when she was tapped to work with Midwest leadership to develop internal programming focused on building professional skills for the women of Deloitte. Megan was the Chicago lead for Deloitte’s sponsorship of the high profile Oxygen Network Mentor’s Walk. Prior to Deloitte, Megan held national marketing roles at technology consulting companies and public relations firms in Chicago and Boston.
Megan holds a Master of Arts degree in Business Communication from Emerson College in Boston, MA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Michigan State University.
The best advice I received was to take responsibility for your career progression.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
“The best advice I received was to take responsibility for your career progression. Stop just letting it happen to you. My mentor believes that you should always be thinking of the next thing, even when you are happy and thriving in a role.
In terms of advice I give, it is: network, network, network. Inside of your organization, within your industry, across your community…you get the idea. Don’t be afraid to reach out to a woman you would like to know. Nearly everyone is willing to spend 15 minutes talking about their experience, and contributing to yours. At the end of your 15-minute conversation be sure to ask the question ‘Who else do you suggest I connect with?’ and open the door for your next connection.”
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