Are You Too Exhausted to “Lean In?” Growth Hack #2
Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard the advice—lean in, lean in! But do you ever think, that’s just so much flipping work….? hughhhhh (exhausted sigh.) Maybe you’re a working mom, working the ‘double shift…’ no, wait, it’s probably more like the triple shift—working a long day, coming home to take care of your family, and then logging […]
Are You Getting Lost in the Crowd at Work?
Feeling like your career growth has stalled out? Are you getting lost in the crowd? Stuck in the mid-career malaise, the sea of shiny faces at the bottom of the pyramid? We all know the feeling of waiting to be picked…. And sometimes our careers feel that way—whether it’s hoping we’ll get put on the […]
Pre Holiday Season Reflection
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s intentions–well that’s another thing.
Are You a People Pleaser and What’s it Costing You?
Does it ever take you the better part of an hour to send off an email that should have taken you five minutes, as you agonize over every layer of meaning? Do you ever find yourself dwelling on a conversation you had with someone earlier in the day, going over every nuance of the interaction? […]
Three Men, No Eye Contact
Last weekend I went to a conference and found myself in small conversation–just me and three other men. I very quickly noticed that they were only making eye contact with each other–and even more frustratingly–one of them even had his body turned away from mine–effectively closing me out of the conversation. I was so frustrated and […]
Ambition and Goal Setting
Welcome to my first quarterly book report! This month we’re talking about going deeper on ambition and goal setting. Whenever I get a bit of free time to myself, I absolutely love sinking my teeth into a good book. I have to admit; I’m a little bit of a reading and data nerd. As a […]
The Work-Life Collapse Attack Meltdown! & How to Handle It
There’s a thinking pattern that I’ve been seeing in the women I work with. We all know about the comparison gremlins (she bought a house, I’m still renting, wow that woman owns her own company and she’s only 22? and ohmigosh what about all those babies–or grandbabies–on facebook?) Sometimes, when I see women struggle with the […]
Say No To Say Yes and Accelerate Your Career
Say No to Say Yes and Accelerate Your Career Last week, I got a surprise in my inbox. I had just finished my recent post on how to set playful but rigorous personal goals when I got an email from Brittney Prest, one of the participants in my most recent workshop in Boston. I have […]
How Will You Know You’ve Been Successful? Letting Play and Rigor Into Your Goals
I recently went out for a reunion meetup with my spring 2015 class of the Build Yourself+ workshop. I didn’t initiate the night. When I got an email from a former participant suggesting a reunion I felt a thrill. She was meeting my personal challenge goal.
Sitting at the Table. Sometimes Literally.
“Sit at the table.” I heard Sheryl Sandberg’s words echo in my head as I glided into the chilly conference room. I had been invited as an afterthought. I was the first (and only) research fellow of a university architecture department, in a position the dean had created for me to pursue my research. Few people knew who […]
