The Best Career Advice I Ever Got Came From My Mother
Three celebrations in three weeks, with guests from their twenties to their nineties in the same room. Here’s what watching four generations sing, dance, and tell stories together taught me about the workplaces we’re building.
Your Team Is Already Being Designed: The Question Is by Whom
Half of my leadership was designed by leaders who never intended to teach me a thing. That’s the uncomfortable part — because it means I’m doing the same to my team right now, in the moments when I’m not paying attention.
The Word They All Used
I was sitting in the audience when the speaker told us to ask the individuals who know us best to describe us in one word. I didn’t wait for the presentation to end. I started texting from my seat.
Who’s in Your Corner? Volunteering, Sponsorship, and the People Who Move You Forward
he people who’ve moved my career forward are almost never the ones I asked to. They’re the ones who watched me work when there was nothing in it for me.
The Mentors You Already Have
I came home from a retreat and realized I’d been mentored all weekend by people who never used that word. Most of us are waiting to be assigned a mentor we already have.