Building Your Professional Village: Navigating Career Shifts, Parenthood, and Workplace Dynamics with Nila Bhattacharyya | Ep10 Make It Work

Nila Bhattacharyya is currently based in Bangalore India with her husband and 3 year old. Prior to embracing motherhood, Nila's career spanned diverse roles; from serving as an oil rig engineer in Brazil to working as a global-traveling management consultant based in the United States.

However, following the arrival of her first child, Nila made a pivotal decision to return to India, leaving consulting and starting a new career in product management for a healthtech company headquartered in the United States. Join us to hear how and why Nila made these significant shifts to balance family needs whilst staying true to her career ‘north star’.

In today’s honest and practical conversation, Nila also shares about:

🌟The structured framework guiding her career transitions

🌟Candid observations of parenting in the US vs India

🌟How she expanded the proverbial village to her workplace, breaking taboos by integrating pregnancy openly into professional life early on

🌟How embedding frameworks such as “Jobs To Be Done” and “Operational Key Results” help her prioritize her parenting goals



Connect with Nila on:

👋Email: nilanjana.bhattacharyya@gmail.com

👋LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/nilanjana-b-3b36651a

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Chapters

00:00 Make It Work Introduction

00:11 Episode and Guest Introduction

03:07 Motherhood: An Internal Shift In Perspective Toward Work

05:58 It Takes A Village.. Which Includes Your Workplace

09:03 Getting Help And Figuring My Priorities

09:57 Exploring Career Options - Why I Pivoted Into Product After Motherhood

15:55 Making A Geographical Shift For Family - A Move Beset With Doubt

18:19 Parenting in US vs India/Asia: Some Big Differences Observed

22:28 My Spouse Is My Biggest Cheerleader

26:54 Looking Back, What Would I Do Differently?

29:51 How I Embed Jobs To Be Done and OKRs In Parenting

31:54 Key Takeaways: New Ways to Define and Grow Your Village

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