Lived expe­ri­ences have always helped peo­ple iden­ti­fy their pur­pose as well as the paths they want to pur­sue. As we find our­selves liv­ing and work­ing through a glob­al pan­dem­ic, it’s per­haps even more impor­tant now that we bet­ter under­stand what our pur­pose is and how to con­tin­ue to make progress toward our per­son­al goals through uncer­tain times.

We sat down with Kim­ber­ly Sharp, senior con­sult­ing man­ag­er at Riz­ing, to talk about how the chal­lenges we face in life shape the oppor­tu­ni­ties we embrace — and some­times even cre­ate our­selves. With 25 years of pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence under her belt, Sharp has learned how to lever­age her core strengths to per­form at her high­est lev­el, regard­less of the indus­try she works in or her job title. 

Her pro­fes­sion­al jour­ney — though at times paved with doubt — has led her to where she says she can share her knowl­edge and make the most impact. ​“As a con­sul­tant, I can make a dif­fer­ence while help­ing a lot of peo­ple.” Sharp is par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ed in help­ing women in IT and the retail indus­try devel­op their tal­ents, find their pas­sions, and live in envi­ron­ments where they can exer­cise their strengths. 

Road­blocks Don’t Mean You Have to Stop Driving