Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin
Aug 5, 2026 · 23 min · 12 segments
This week's "At Her Career Crossroads" insight comes from me. I want to share the career decision that helped me realize alignment isn't about finding the perfect opportunity. It's about choosing the…
Robin L. OwensHost
For much of my life, when I had a decision to make, I started with a simple question, and the question is, what would be ideal? Not what would impress people, not what would look strongest on paper, not even what was most practical at first.

I would ask myself, "If I could choose freely, what would I really want?" I didn't know it then, but that question was helping me listen for something deeper than strategy.

It was helping me notice where my passion, my values, my natural abilities, and the people I felt called to serve might come together in one place.

But one decision near the end of my PhD program taught me something I now believe is essential.

An aligned career decision is not only about choosing the right opportunity, it's about deciding on the opportunity that allows the whole of who you are.

For much of my life, when I had a decision to make, I started with a simple question, and the question is, what would be ideal? Not what would impress people, not what would look strongest on paper, not even what was most practical at first.

I would ask myself, "If I could choose freely, what would I really want?" I didn't know it then, but that question was helping me listen for something deeper than strategy.

It was helping me notice where my passion, my values, my natural abilities, and the people I felt called to serve might come together in one place.

But one decision near the end of my PhD program taught me something I now believe is essential.

An aligned career decision is not only about choosing the right opportunity, it's about deciding on the opportunity that allows the whole of who you are.
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