When Opportunity Knocks, Can You Walk the Talk?

Here's how one learning professional heeded the advice she's given to many others to pursue a new career opportunity of her own.

After many years of organizational development work, mentoring, and coaching at a major research university, I was afforded the opportunity to be authentic and "walk my talk." A major reorganization in my department resulted in the split of a high-performing unit. The unit I was in moved to a different department on campus, while the other half remai