Making Your Work Visible: What High Performers in Transition Need to Know

High-performing professionals in transition often face a challenge that does not show up on any performance review: their impact goes unseen, undervalued, or credited elsewhere, particularly in environments shaped by bias or cultural misalignment. This session gives WGWY members the language, frameworks, and practical strategies to make their contributions visible, recognize performance bias when it is happening, and evaluate their next opportunity with clear eyes.

Lynn will lead a practical and reflective presentation on making high-impact work visible and choosing environments that support, rather than silence, the people doing the work.

About the session: The session will explore how performance bias shows up during career transitions and what it actually costs high performers over time. Participants will learn concrete ways to name and document their contributions without feeling like they are inauthentically self-promoting. Lynn will draw on a personal interview experience to illustrate how organizational language and behavior signal culture before…