Women's Leadership Network Presents:
5 Ways to Level Up Your Career

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. - 2 p.m. CST

Webinar

In a professional landscape where organizations shift rapidly and career paths are rarely linear, knowing how to steer your own trajectory is essential to achieving success. In this dynamic session, executive coach Dr. Nancy King distills insights from her extensive research, including interviews with more than 65 professionals who faced unexpected terminations, to reveal five practical strategies for realizing your career goals.

As many workplaces undergo transformation, Dr. King will highlight the risks and opportunities that emerge during periods of transition, helping participants navigate uncertainty with greater awareness. Attendees will explore the power of emotional intelligence and learn how to cultivate executive presence. Dr. King will also illuminate the subtle warning signs that may signal it’s time to consider an exit strategy.

To bring these concepts to life, Dr. King will guide the audience through several of her signature coaching exercises, offering a hands-on opportunity to clarify personal and professional objectives.

This session is ideal for anyone seeking to take ownership of their career, anticipate change, and move forward with purpose. Attendees will leave with actionable tools, deeper self-understanding, and renewed momentum for the next chapter of their professional journey.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the old rules of a career path were made to be broken.
• Identify your own vision for an ideal future to inform your career choices.
• Gain knowledge of proven strategies that advance your career.
• Be ready with an exit strategy in case job security is jeopardized.

Presented by
Nancy Koury King, DM, Executive Coach | Consultant

Dr. Nancy Koury King is an executive coach and organizational consultant. Previously she served as Interim CEO for Philadelphia Protestant Home. Nancy recently retired as the President of Senior Options, LLC and Westminster Canterbury at Home, LLC, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay. Nancy has over 35  years aging services leadership experience. Prior to joining Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, Nancy served as the Senior Vice President of Resident Care for Sunrise Senior Living where she was responsible for quality assurance and regulatory affairs, memory care, activities, policies and procedures and resident care for Sunrise’s 300 communities and 30,000 residents in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.  Before that, Nancy was the President of Senior Independence, now Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice, where she was responsible for leading seven owned and four partner home and community services agencies.

Nancy has a bachelor’s degree in Individual and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in social administration from Case Western Reserve University, and a Doctorate of Management from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, where she was recognized as a nonprofit scholar. In 2022,  she  was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from LeadingAge Virgina.  Nancy is the author of Fired: How to manage your career in the age of job uncertainty, and the creator of @levelupcareer, an Instagram site with 10000+ followers offering career advice to people at all organizational levels.

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