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Mary Crego - Senior Vice President -
State Farm
by workingwomen2000.com
Mary
is what you might call an "Accidental VP."
She graduated from college with an English
degree and planned to go to law school. But
life rarely goes in a straight
path, and
with student loans to pay off, Mary signed
up for an on-campus interview with State
Farm. They offered her a job, and today she
looks back at her decision to take it with
no regrets. "I figured I'd work a year or
two until I got something else," she says.
"Now 25 years later, I've never been more
fascinated with the insurance and financial
services business. It's a passion of mine,
and I truly enjoy it in a way I never
dreamed I would."
 During Mary's first 13 years at State Farm,
her husband's job took precedence. It
required a lot of relocating, and in her own
career, she moved laterally and sometimes
backwards to accommodate this. But those
years increased her knowledge of how her
organization works in a variety of areas.
She also developed an important skill that
she attributes to her current success:
speaking her mind. "I wasn't worried about
climbing any corporate ladder or trying to
impress someone," she says. "That gave me
enormous freedom. You have to be willing to
speak up. Certainly do it respectfully, but
speak your views with conviction."
Mary's tips for advancing:
Know your company.
"I want to leave this organization a better
place than I found it. I'm very driven to
make sure that we provide the best service
and products possible. I've moved around so
much that I have knowledge of many parts of
the company, and the interplay between them
is fascinating to me."
Continue to learn.
"Don't evaluate a job by the position you're
in but by what you will learn. It's humbling
to start a new assignment because we all
like to be competent at what we do. If it's
uncomfortable at first and you have to ask
questions, that's a good sign. That means
you're learning a ton of what it takes to
run the business."
Keep an open mind.
"If you're lucky enough to know what you
want to do, then follow that passion. But
sometimes life gives you curveballs you
don't expect and they take you on different
paths. Those can be the greatest lessons and
gifts of all." |
