Purpose and Vocation: Building a life of character and commitment

How can we find our calling and develop ourselves as leaders with purpose? About this Event Building a life of character and commitment requires active deliberation regarding our personal purpose and what it means to pursue it at different stages of life. In the words of Parker J. Palmer, "Vocation does not mean a goal that I pursue. It means a calling that I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” The question is, how can we find our calling and develop ourselves as those who lead with purpose? The aim of this event is to learn about ways to pursue your calling and integrate purpose in your work. In discussion with four senior leaders and five Oxford alumni, we will explore the practices of leadership that have sustained them in their careers, and consider how to cultivate these practices in our own lives. The event is open to current Oxford students and alumni. You can choose whether to attend all three sessions or any combination of sessions using the links below (all times are in BST). Track 1: Technology (11:00am - 12:30pm) Turning a calling into a career in tech Rosa Akbari, Formerly Senior Advisor - Technology for Development, Mercy Corps Yin Yin Lü, Product Marketing Manager, Salary Finance Jamie Collier, Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant at FireEye Mandiant Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91944807361?pwd=SkNhS3VHZkJkMzJzb09LUlptcnYvZz09 (Meeting ID: 919 4480 7361, Passcode: 536466) Track 2: Business (1:30pm - 3:00pm) Integrating purpose and character: Leadership lessons from business Emmajane Varley, Communications Director, Forward Institute Lauren Xie, Co-founder and Executive Director, Lively Worlds Vuyane Mhlomi, Co-founder and CEO, Quro Medical (To be confirmed) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/96681109435?pwd=YzVqdmRXZHNDOW5aUHBoTWQ4bTNiQT09 (Meeting ID: 966 8110 9435, Passcode: 319911) Track 3: Law (4:30pm - 6:00pm) What does responsible leadership look like in Law and Public Life? Janice Baker, Associate Dean and Director of the Konduros Leadership Development Program, University of South Carolina School of Law Kenneth Townsend, Director of Leadership and Character in the Professional Schools, Wake Forest University Diana Dajer, Director, Instituto de Estudios del Ministerio Público, Colombia (To be confirmed) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92401786461?pwd=V1JRcHRXdHJ4WVRHT0ZmQ1hJU2Iydz09 (Meeting ID: 924 0178 6461, Passcode: 522881) The conversations will draw on the speakers’ extensive experience in a wide range of institutional and vocational fields. In the face of the relentless uncertainty of current times, these discussions will be an opportunity for you to pause, reflect, and seek answers to some of the most important yet often overlooked questions related to building meaningful professional and personal lives.