Nicole Klok

I was in healthcare and nursing, and in 2015, I made a decision to walk away from it because I was becoming very jaded, which was not why I got into the field - I wanted to help people. So I left without a plan, and I applied for a position. I remember the executive looking at me and saying, 'yeah, you're the one I want.' And I looked at him, and I was like, 'are you sure? Like, have you read my resume?' And he said 'I'm 100% positive.' That changed everything. Today, my main area of expertise is strategic partnership to executives. In executive administrating, it's like a jack-of-all - there's not just one specific thing that you're good at. My key responsibilities include community and employee engagement, events coordination and planning, strategic planning for global scale meetings, running the corporate headquarters and managing and overseeing that. Day-to-day can look so different in this field - it's not prescriptive. My most notable professional achievement would be the oversight and management of business operating system and contract review. I didn't take a traditional college path, and it has been sprinkled all throughout my younger years as well as my professional career, between Oakland, Davenport, Lansing Community College, and certifications. For me, it ended up being exactly the right thing to do, and I think that's important for people to maybe understand that it doesn't have to look one specific way. To be honest, I fell into this field without realizing that this is something that I would ever want to do, and I think my underlying reason has always been I've always wanted to just help people - that's all I've ever wanted to do. Help them perform at their best, and this is an area, one area, that I'm able to do that.