Recent blog posts
“Measure What Matters” –Align your teams or die trying
Measure What Matters will make you want to go disrupt something nearby --like inefficiencies and broken team alignment at work. Riot like a middle...
Book Review: Radical Candor. Great for managers and directors
After noticing an uptick in inquiries from managers wanting to lock in their growth trajectory, I started hunting for a great, fresh book we...
Talk Senior to Me
How do you think Zuckerberg prepared for the congressional hearings? By skimming his resume? No. He wore fabulous clothes, had an A-team grill him...
Soft Power Strategies for Professionals
Apparently it’s hard for me to talk about soft power strategies for professionals without sounding like a total jerk. Let's dive in.
First Generation Swagger
Some of you already know I love working with immigrants. Fresh off the boat, first generation in the States, I’ll take it all.
Change and the 4 Types of Fear During Upheaval
On any given month one of the local behemoths --Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft has a director or manager in my office bracing for their ReOrg....
In Defense of Single Tasking
Endless multitasking, I would suggest, is a behavior ultimately rooted in anxiety. It lands in the body at the same vibration as fear.
The Future of Work
Work no longer requires you to serve one master employer, work no longer even requires you to be rigorously tested in every aspect of...
Why Wasn’t I Promoted? It’s Either You or it’s Them
If you were not promoted when you believe you should have been, the investigation is two fold: A) Is it you? or...
Scrappy Women
With my scrappy, driven clients one part of our work together is assessing when to bring the fight (and how to begin with diplomacy)...
Having Difficult Conversations with Direct Reports
A difficult conversation with your direct report is ultimately a spiritual challenge, so my clients really love the concept of "bearing witness".
Your Mixed Class Background
To build out your real-time strategy for promotions, pay raises, and professional exposure, we need to locate you in the chain of your family...