professional identity – Dr Sherrie Lee

Professional Development, Professional Identity, and Being Recognised as an Educator Beyond Academia

admin — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:10:22 +0000

A reflective exploration of professional development, career pivots, and educator identity beyond academia. Drawing on my international teaching journey and Advance HE Fellowship, I examine how reflective practice, portfolio careers, and globally recognised frameworks help professional staff and international professionals make sense of evolving careers.

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Who Am I? Finding Identity as an International Professional

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 09:44:40 +0000

After living away from my home country for more than 10 years, I still struggle to answer one simple question: who am I? As a career coach for international professionals, I see this everywhere—LinkedIn profiles that sound the same, networking introductions that fall flat, people defaulting to stereotypes instead of their authentic stories. The truth is, being able to articulate who you are matters professionally. But how do you move beyond generic labels? In this post, I share my defining moment on a snowy mountain in Canada and challenge you to discover your own inciting incident—the experience that reveals what truly drives you as an international professional.

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Information seeking behaviour of a policy advisor

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:20:53 +0000

People whose networks span structural holes have early access to diverse, often contradictory, information and interpretations, which gives them a competitive advantage in seeing good ideas. To be sure, ideas come over a variety of paths from a variety of sources …, but idea generation at some point involves someone moving knowledge from this group…

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