Tue, May 09
|Fellowship Bible Church, The Lodge
Polished NWA May Lunch | Bloom in Your Season
You'll have seasons of apparent flourishing and abundance. But we also need seasons of rest and rebuilding where blooms may lay dormant. Join Polished this month as we explore the importance of changing seasons as part of flourishing.
Time & Location
May 09, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Fellowship Bible Church, The Lodge, 1051 W Pleasant Grove Rd, Rogers, AR 72758, USA
About the Event
Polished is a network that gathers professional women to navigate career and explore faith together. We are a safe community of professional women who ask the hard questions about life and faith and work to find the answers together.
There is a season for everything in nature and that is true for you too. You'll have seasons of apparent flourishing and abundance. But we also need seasons of rest and rebuilding where blooms may lay dormant. There's one thing true about seasons: they change! What kind of season are you coming out of at work? Do you need to unplug and rest? Do you need to set boundaries or re-prioritize tasks to protect your work/life balance? Do you need to press into time with family and friends so those relationships can bloom? Whatever season is ahead for you, consider it with intention and grace. Join Polished this month as we explore the importance of changing seasons as part of flourishing.
Celia Swanson is an accomplished senior executive who spent 26 years at Walmart Inc. championing its culture and its people. She is notably recognized as the first female executive vice president at Walmart Inc. breaking the glass ceiling for women. Her deep expertise in retail, large scale transformation, company culture and multigenerational workforce engagement serves as the cornerstone of her career legacy.
Among her notable leadership assets, Swanson’s deep experience in culture and transformation change leadership are not to go unnoticed. She earned a reputation for being a key culture ambassador throughout her career demonstrating a people-first mindset. In addition, she was hand-selected by the Walmart U.S. CEO to lead a cost-savings and associate engagement strategy transforming store operations for 1.4 million associates. In addition to her professional career, Celia is known for her community leadership in Northwest Arkansas. She was recently selected by the Northwest Arkansas business community as the 2016 Athena Woman of the Year for her excellence in community service, board leadership and regional impact in Northwest Arkansas. She was also the only leader to receive the top two operations awards from Sam’s Club and Walmart U.S. Originally from Nebraska, Celia is based in Bentonville, Ark.