The Power of Values: Abbey Wick on Career Success and Personal Goals

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Dr. Abbey Wick. The two talk about Abbey's career transitions, her dedication to raising her son with profound dyslexia, and how she navigates her professional life with core values of happiness and freedom.  In this episode, we discuss: Learn how Abbey carved out her place in a predominantly male industry and why her nurturing approach adds unique value. Abby's journey demonstrates the power of perseverance and adaptability from mine reclamation to a university professorship and finally to her current role at Syngenta. As a single mother of a nine-year-old with profound dyslexia, Abby shares how her career choices are not just professional milestones but pivotal for her family's well-being. The power of knowing your worth in job negotiations. When Syngenta's Chief Soil Scientist said, "Be a mom first," it resonated deeply. Companies that genuinely support work-life balance do exist.   Dr. Abbey Wick is a soil scientist and global upskilling and outreach program lead at the Syngenta Group (a large agricultural technology company).  She is tasked with developing innovative training programs in soil health for 60,000 employees and information related to regenerative agriculture for customers in over 100 countries.  She is also the founder of Wick Consulting LLC, which has resulted in the development of professional relationships with global value chain companies and other non-governmental organizations.  But these roles do not define her.   She is committed to her personal happiness and freedom, focused on raising her nine year old son with profound dyslexia and has ambitious goals of influencing agriculture in a sustainable way on a global scale.   As a result of her ability to work remotely for a global company with a strong commitment to family and personal well-being of their employees, she and her son recently moved from North Dakota to Colorado for her son to receive a specialized education for dyslexic thinkers.  They both live a life of gratitude as they are exactly where they need to be! Prior to joining Syngenta, she was an Associate Professor at North Dakota State University.  She is an elected member of the US National Committee for Soil Sciences within the National Academy of Sciences.  She is also a board member for Hayley's Hope Dyslexia Learning Center.     https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbeywick/