Raise your hand if you have ever been told “you are not strategic enough.”  You have just received feedback that “you are not strategic enough.”  During a video conference with your manager, you describe (defend) your strategic thinking on a project…and your manager’s normally warm face has been replaced by

For days, three women and what they represent have been swirling together relentlessly in my mind.  The first woman (Beth Ford) has my admiration as a trailblazing and career-charting individual.  The second (Joan Williams) is a work-life lawyer with an interesting perspective regarding class, capitalism, and the role of government

How and when you ask for a promotion depends on the current business environment and your impact on the organization.  Consider how long you have been in your current role and where your role sits in the organization’s hierarchy.  It is customary to remain in an entry level role for

You landed your first professional role!  You are elated.  You want to do and be extraordinary.  You are 3-9 months into your adventure and feeling confident.  You have briefly thought about what is next. While your new role may or may not align with your trade school or college training,

I just finished devouring (in a herky-jerky fashion) Andrew Yang’s The War on Normal People and I found it incredibly inspiring and bleak.  With a background in Industrial Organizational Psychology, I love studying work.  My Pollyannaish thinking…I believe that you should enjoy what you do for a living and it

“Look in the Mirror” was one of the mantras used at a previous organization. How am I showing up? How do I improve my self-awareness? And what is my superpower (strength)? There are many tools to assist you on your life and leadership journey.  I recently added StrengthsFinder to my toolbox

When you are doing what you love, work rarely feels disenchanting. As a leadership coach and parent, I encourage everyone to leverage their strengths and find their passion.  The BBC has a series called Bright Sparks and they asked “leaders of today to highlight some of the biggest challenges that the

Reflection! I always start and end the year with this way. Today is no exception. At dawn, with the light reflecting off the clouds, I picked my child up from the airport and felt gratitude. I start work tomorrow.  Back at home, I had time to enjoy a cup of hot tea which

What are your thoughts regarding one-way video interviewing?  I love a good algorithm! As an I/O psychologist with a minor in statistics, the ability to accurately predict job performance, employee engagement, organization fit, job satisfaction, etc., is nirvana.  So you’d think I would support the idea of great quality video interviewing