Ilana Tolpin Levitt: Speaker and Workshop Coordinator

Ilana Tolpin Levitt is thrilled to announce her upcoming presentation at the California Placement Association's virtual webinar on May 17th, 2023.

Ilana’s virtual workshop, "Are Career Struggles Hereditary?", will discuss the importance of self-coaching as a tool for reframing circumstances and retraining thoughts to increase positive actions and results. She hopes to provide attendees with valuable insights and strategies for overcoming challenges and achieving their career goals, whether they are currently employed or searching for a job.

As a licensed professional counselor and career development specialist, Ilana has a private career counseling and consulting practice. She also works as the Senior Director of Organizational Development in Human Resources at The New School, where she specializes in performance management, leadership development, staff engagement, and culture.

Ilana is also a public speaker and workshop facilitator, with a focus on the intersection of the workplace, career, and mental health. Her topics range from leadership development to imposter syndrome, work-life balance, workplace change, meaning-making, and more.

Join us for this virtual webinar event via Zoom.

Ilana Tolpin Levitt: Keynote Speaker and Workshop Coordinator

IT’S STORYTIME! Everyone has a STORY.. Which one are you going to tell?

Focusing on what you do best and why you do it is the foundation of career and professional development. Everyone has amazing strengths as well as a journey that brought them to their current place. The road often has bumps, twists, and turns and is not a straight path. The stories we tell ourselves as well as the ones we share with others have a significant impact on outcomes. Understanding our weaknesses as the flip side of our strengths is key to success. This talk will help participants learn how to present their best selves while being authentic and transparent. Gain practical tips and relevant solutions to story tell with confidence for any interview or job talk.

Workshop Proposal

Demystifying Networking: Effective professional development and job search strategies for every personality!

Description: Do you hate to make small talk? Does the very word ‘networking’ make you cringe? This session is for you! Everyone benefits from being connected, even computer systems are linked together to facilitate communication and resource sharing amongst users. In this workshop, learn effective strategies for networking in every setting- including knowing what to say, when to say it and defining successful interactions without compromising your style. This interactive session will prepare you for the end of the conference dinner and networking session!

Ilana Tolpin Levitt, M.A., M.Ed., Clinical Career Counselor

For a long time, higher education has been a difficult place for human resources, and the pandemic has only made the situation worse by creating more contention within institutions. To address these challenges, a recent webinar was held to provide HR professionals with insightful ideas on why some higher education constituents are more difficult to work with, and how they can succeed in a climate that is increasingly regulated and limited in resources.

This talk will explore the impact of ‘inherited’ family dynamics on confidence and imposter syndrome. There is a warrior (woman) in all of us. We will explore new ways to fully embody our strengths and find the tools and resources needed to push past barriers.

Ilana is a senior director of Organizational Development at The New School and has a private practice in clinical career counseling. She is the author of ‘What’s Mom Still Got To Do With it’, a self-help career book focusing on how the mother daughter relationship has impacted women’s lives. Her mission is to understand where we come from, how family influences the decisions we make, and how to live an authentic, inspired, aligned life accordingly… taking risks and in order to reach personal and professional goals.

Navigating the Next “Normal” Workplace: Counseling our clients towards optimal work performance for in-person, remote, and hybrid environments.

What does success look like in the new workplace? As employers continue to assess and reassess the perfect work mode, employees are also evaluating their own preferences and navigating competing priorities. There are some critical things to consider in this ‘reimagined workforce’ that will be researched and explored for years to come. Amongst the top issues to consider are: equity in recognition and rewards, maintaining authentic connections with colleagues and supervisors and managing boundaries and expectations when the rules have all changed. The session will provide the latest thinking and best practices as well as top strategies for counselors to best support clients.

Ilana Tolpin Levitt, M.A., M.Ed., Clinical Career Counselor: Interview with Confidence.

Meet and hear from Binghamton alumna, Ilana Tolpin Levitt, CCC, LMHC, LPC! Ilana is a nationally recognized career counselor and licensed mental health counselor. She is known for helping and inspiring people; both individuals and in organizations address career questions and organizational and workplace problems. She empowers people to understand their true strengths and personality to make great career decisions and navigate their professional lives.

She is the author of What’s Mom Still Got To Do With It, a self-help career book focusing on how the mother daughter relationship has impacted women’s lives.

Ilana is a senior director in Human Resources at The New School and has a private practice in career counseling in both New York City and Central New Jersey.

Ilana’s mission is to understand where we come from, how family influences the decisions we make, and how to live an authentic, inspired, aligned life accordingly… taking risks and reaching our personal and professional goals.

For all information regarding family weekend check out this link: https://www.binghamton.edu/parents/events/schedule.html

The mother/daughter relationship is so primal, intense and complex, that it can drive a person to his/her line of work, dictate how he/she manages their home environment, and influence the types of relationships they form.

In this workshop, Ilana will present her model that she developed for her newly released book, What’s Mom Still Got to Do With it? and explore areas that significantly impact people’s lives.

Even though the family influence is deep and unconscious, the solution does not have to be. Organizers can use this framework to help instill hope and confidence for success by using strengths-­based tools to reinforce healthy/positive messages and challenge difficult family stories and past experiences.

• Gain deeper understanding and insight into patterns and choices clients make due to the profound impact parents have had on their lives

• Explore ‘inherited trauma’ related to money, time, role modeling, and other historical events in an experiential format

• Acquire practical tips and relevant solutions for clients to address indecision, challenges, and blocks to advancement

• Learn about easy to use strengths--based resources that can give clients HOPE as well as guiding the retelling of their internal negative stories

Ilana Tolpin Levitt will deliver a keynote speech and lead discussion on What's Mom Still Got to Do With It? as part of the Sisterhood Paid Up dinner at Temple Beth Ahm of Aberdeen.

Essential strategies for effectively managing ‘up’ and managing ‘more’

Ilana Tolpin Levitt will deliver the keynote speech at the Mid-Hudson Association of Women in Higher Education Fall 2018 Conference. The role and expectations for leadership in higher education is increasingly complex and evolving as the pressures of the industry change and intensify. Many professionals enter this field  in order to stay affiliated with academic interests, provide service to students and advance within their administrative areas of interest and expertise.  Leadership, politics, changes in the industry,  and enrollment can all influence and challenge advancement opportunities and career trajectory for Higher Education professionals.    How can employees stay true to their interests and goals, stay relevant, and manage their careers?

Workshop will explore:

• Critical role and expectations of leadership in Higher Education today

• Managing relationships with supervisors/leadership and navigating workplace politics

• Exploration of role of gender in this equation

• A look at career development and advancement

The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development at SUNY Binghamton facilitates opportunities for students to engage in both deepening connections and building new relationships that foster career success at Binghamton. For Family Weekend, they have invited Binghamton alumna Ilana Tolpin Levitt ‘86, http://www.ilanalevitt.com/ a National Award Winning Career Counselor and human resources professional, who is also a parent of a college student, to foster a dialogue around best practices for family members. As a career counselor and author of, “What’s Mom Still Got To Do With It? Breathe New Life Into Your Career By Understanding Your Mother-Daughter Relationship,” we know she will enrich our perspectives on deepening how family members of both sons and daughters can be supported in this process of exploration, preparation, experience procurement and professional development while they are students and beyond. Please join us for this interactive session. Students and parents both welcome.

This event is for National Association of Productivity & Organizing-Greater Philadelphia Chapter professionals.

Clients hire professional organizers when they need help cleaning out their physical spaces. Sometimes the physical space is symbolic of a client’s emotional life. Letting go of physical belongings is a natural starting point.

As Professional Organizers it is our job to support our clients in getting unstuck. This practical, hands-on workshop will examine effective ways to create change in your client’s habits, encourage new practices and transform old patterns into new routines. Ilana's expertise as a licensed mental health counselor and trained therapist will help us navigate the boundaries of what is appropriate or not, given our role.

In the first part of the workshop, Ilana will illustrate and teach the tried and true techniques she successfully honed from her years of clinical work to bring about change in her clients’ lives. During the second part of the class, Ilana will have select organizers present case studies: real life situations where we get stopped or feel stuck with certain clients.

Ilana will demonstrate the techniques taught at the start of the workshop to show how to assess the situation and utilize the techniques effectively to encourage change.

In this CEU-worthy workshop you will:

• Gain a deeper understanding and insight into clients' emotional spaces due to the profound impact of parents and other relatives on their lives.

• Acquire practical tips and relevant solutions related to working with clients including boundary setting.  

• Learn how to build on client's strengths to give them hope including reframing, VIA Character strengths, storytelling and personality assessments.

More information can be found here.

In celebration of Mother's Day and off the job training for on the job success, we are excited to welcome Ilana Tolpin Levitt, MA, MEd,LPC, LMHC, NCC  to discuss Embracing Your Inner Leader.  This talk will explore the impact of 'inherited' family dynamics on leadership and career development. We will explore new ways to fully embody our strengths and find the tools and resources needed to move forward in our careers.

What you will learn:

Explore the role of our own unconscious gender bias related to advancement, communication and money

Identify your natural leadership qualities

Find out how to embrace weaknesses as a flip side of a strength

Discover ways to effectively communicate and become known to the decision makers

Learn essential tips and strategies to push through internal blocks and reach your potential.

This is an internal event for Bank Leumi employees only.  All participants will receive a copy of What's Mom Still Got to Do With It?

4:00-5:00 Speaker Series

5:00-6:00 Networking with wine and hors d'oeuvres

Career counselor Ilana Tolpin Levitt, MA, MEd,LPC, LMHC, NCC will be addressing the National Association of Productivity & Organizing-Michigan Chapter professionals on the topic of her book What's Mom Still Got To Do With It? 

Are you unhappy at work? Do you wonder why you didn’t get that promotion? Feeling uncertain about your career choices in general? Your relationship with your mother might be the last thing on your mind as a major contributing factor to your career woes but it shouldn’t be. Exploring this connection can potentially unlock the mystery to the patterns and choices you make throughout your career. National, award-winning career counselor Ilana Tolpin Levitt brings her 26 years of experience in this groundbreaking book about the connection between women’s careers and their relationships with their moms. Learn how this relationship affects your career choices, leadership style, and why you interact with bosses and coworkers the way you do.

This event is open to members of NAPO. Members can contact Jane Hale by May 1 to preorder a personalized signed copy of this book.

Networking for Introverts: Effective professional development and job search strategies for every personality!

Description: Do you hate to make small talk? Does the very word ‘networking’ make you cringe? This workshop is for you! Everyone benefits from being connected, even computer systems are linked together to facilitate communication and resource sharing amongst users. In this workshop, learn effective strategies for networking in every setting- including knowing what to say, how to walk away and defining successful interactions without compromising your style.

Presenter: Ilana Tolpin Levitt, LPC, NCC is a clinical career counselor with over 25 years of experience in private practice in New York City and Central New Jersey. She is the 2013 recipient of the Outstanding Career Practitioner Award from the National Career Development Association. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and with a strong background in Organizational Psychology and Human Resources, Ilana’s focus with many clients is a deep exploration of the psychological roots that impact job search, career development and workplace dysfunction. Her newly released book “What's Mom Still Got to Do With It?” integrates her extensive knowledge and experience about family dynamics with her expertise in career development.

This event is FREE. Registration is requested but walk-ins are always welcome.

Presented by llana Tolpin Levitt, LPC, LMHC, NCC at the New Jersey Counseling Association Spring 2018 Conference for 1.5 CE.

The parent-child relationship is so primal and complex, that it can drive a person to his/her line of work, dictate how they lead, and, influence the types of relationships they have at work. Ilana will present her model released in her book “What’s Mom Still Got to Do With it?” and explore areas that impact career choice and advancement. Counselors can help Instill hope and confidence by using strengths based tools to reinforce positive messages and challenge difficult family messages and experiences.