Shift Virtual Career Summit

Get Ready for the Future of Work

Shift 2021 is the premier virtual conference designed to provide people with the skills and insider knowledge they need to thrive in today’s workplace. People will leave this one-day event hopeful and ready to invest in themselves and advance their careers.


Join hosts Laurie Ruettimann and Mary Ellen Slayter on
June 17, 2021, 9:30 AM -5:00 PM Central
for a FREE all-day virtual event.


See below for speakers & sessions!
15 Sessions to Rock Your World
  • Kick Off Your Day With Coffee with Laurie and Mary Ellen!
    Join Laurie Ruettimann and Mary Ellen Slayter for a virtual coffee and chit chat before the day gets started!
  • How to Live Your Best Adult Life with Julie Lythcott-Haims
    Being an adult has never been easy. Laurie Ruettimann interviews New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims on how mid-ca... View more
  • Lead Across Time Zones & Cultures With Dima Ghawi
    Build trust and nurture relationships.
  • Recalculating: 5 Rules to Navigate Through the Changing World of Work with Lindsey Pollak
  • Six Steps to Successful Negotiations
    How comfortable are you with negotiating? We all negotiate a variety of issues every day. How do you get what you need without burnin... View more
  • Fireside Chat + Q&A with Minda Harts
    Minda Harts will join Laurie Ruettimann for a fireside chat to discuss key themes from Minda's book, The Memo: What Women of Color Ne... View more
  • Career Durability: Building Essential Competencies for Your Future Career
  • Developing Resilience and Overcoming Challenges with Andy Storch
    Building a growth and resilient mindset will allow you to handle any challenge that comes your way. From a long job search to layoffs... View more
  • How to Succeed at Jobs That Don't Exist Yet
    Christopher Bishop has a fascination for how careers and jobs will be transformed over the next 20 years. Based on his own nonlinear,... View more
  • Once Upon a Job Search: Storytelling & Video Interviewing to Secure the Gig with Mike Ganino
  • The Leadership Mentality with Angela R. Howard
    When you hear of "leadership" what do you think of? It is so much more than names on an organizational chart. It runs deeper than the... View more
  • Stop Living on Autopilot — You Have A Say In This with Antonio Neves
    Based on the bestselling book Stop Living on Autopilot, this highly-rated talk helps people take responsibility for their life, redis... View more
  • Manage Your Career in a Winner-Take-All World with Neil Irwin
    The economy is changing, fast. How should you adapt? Neil Irwin, a leading economics writer, spent years studying how career paths wo... View more
  • A Powerful Personal Brand That Skyrockets Your Influence, Impact & Income with Mike Kim
    Build a personal brand that elevates your influence and authority.
  • Building Relationships in the New World of Work with Allyssa Eclarin
    Join us for the closing session of Shift 2021, a Q&A with Postal’s Allyssa Eclarin on building relationships in hybrid workplaces. ... View more

Get ready for the new world of work.

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