JANINE SEEBECK
HOW TO HAVE A CAREER THAT IS RICH IN EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL FULFILLMENT By Janine Seebeck, CEO at BeyondTrust Seeking out opportunities to extend yourself will help
TAKING RISKS
you amass a wealth of knowledge and the confidence
A willingness to take risks has also helped me. In
to tackle whatever challenges are tossed your way,
professional terms that means being ok with the
writes BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck.
unknown. It means being prepared to put your hand up and say that you do not know certain things and
Did I embark on my professional career two decades
that you need help. And, sometimes, it can mean
ago with the express object of pulling in the biggest
being willing to throw caution to the winds and have a
possible pay cheque in the shortest possible time, in
crack at something that is daunting, exciting and was
other words getting rich quick?
not in your life plan.
In a word: no. What drove me back then, and still
For me, one of those ‘do or die’ moments came in
does today, was a deep desire to learn and grow,
2008 when my then employer, a publicly listed US
both professionally and personally. I am an intensely
company, tossed out the suggestion that I swap my
curious person and also a hard working one (my
comfortable vice-presidential role for an equivalent
husband would say a workaholic!). Those traits and a
gig in an emerging territory, Australia. I had a
healthy dollop of good luck—being in the right place
husband, dogs, a life. Six weeks later the four of us
at the right time is undoubtedly a gift—have helped
were living that life in Sydney, a city that will always
generate opportunities that have enriched my CV and
hold a special place in my heart, courtesy of the fact it
allowed me to rise up the ranks into the executive
is where my first son was born.
team of a security company that is a recognised leader in identity management.
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