Boundless: The Human Side Of Work

From the basketball court to the yoga mat via the corporate world (Gabi Macra)

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Synopsis

 Gabi Macra was a top Canadian basketball player that never really thought about the "life after basketball" before dealing with a major injury towards the end of her college career. Instead of following any sort of traditional path, she headed East to Japan where she came to teach English.  She loved her experience there and now reflects on the immense value of learning how to teach and coach others helped her in the following years. Instead of heading back to Canada, she headed to London where she had a successful career and journey as an actuary.  She was a leader in her company but reached a point where she was dealing with health challenges and finding that her career was no longer giving her the fulfillment that it once was.  She ended up deciding to take some time off and told her boss that she was leaving.  However, she ended up staying another 18 months as she helped the team transition with some other internal changes.  Just knowing she was leaving enabled her to approach everything completely diffe