4 Myths About Career Growth That Are Keeping You Stuck in a Job Rut
4 Myths About Career Growth That Are Keeping You Stuck in a Job Rut I hear a lot of things from women who are feeling stuck in a career rut, and I wanted to take a moment to clear up a few of the biggest myths and misconceptions that I see about creative career growth: […]
Hold on to Your North Star
Many of my coaching clients who have identified their North Star have been saying things like, “I think I still have PTSD from the last recession…” or, “I’ve been through a recession before but…” And this moment feels the same but is also different. We still don’t know what’s going to happen. There are unknown […]
What is a Visual Case Study and What Can It Do for Your Career or Business?
The truth is out there. And no, this isn’t some kind of Mulder and Scully kind of thing. via GIPHY The truth of how you can move from where you are in your career or business to where you want to go in your career is out there. Want to become a nationally-known subject expert […]
How to Win in Your Next Performance Reviews or Negotiation
My recent interview with Bolanle Williams-Olley In my recent interview with Bolanle Williams-Olley, Chief Financial Officer of architecture firm Mancini Duffy, we discussed how to make sure we tell the story of our impact—and our financial impact—in order to build better arguments for our worth, and for the opportunities we want. If you’re about to […]
Looking for Your Mid-Career Mentors?
Looking for Your Mid-Career Mentors? What got you here won’t get you there. I speak to many women who are feeling adrift in their career. They’re not sure if they’re in the right place, they are feeling lost in their career. And many of them have something in common. “I don’t have a mentor,” they […]
What I Learned from a Three Week Creative Sabbatical from My Business
Last month I did something I’d never done before in my business. I took a three week sabbatical. To paint. I’d been running my business for about five years and I could feel something coming on — I couldn’t quite tell if it was burnout or something akin…. For me, running a business is kind of like […]
Why You Need to Fill Your ‘Visibility Bank,’ and Why It’ll Make Your Job More Creative
Why You Need to Fill Your “Visibility Bank” and Why It’ll Make Your Job More Creative Remember that 60’s song? Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’…That won’t get you into his arms… Thanks Dusty Springfield for that song….. Suuuuuper empowering. https://youtu.be/QD0KsCmT6oo Now, I’m not saying that you’re sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring… […]
Guest Blog: Where’s My Map?
By Tamara M. Roy, AIA Leed AP Early on as an architecture student I started to look for women mentors to provide a metaphorical ‘map’ for my professional life. I thought if I could follow them, I’d learn the way to success. What I found surprised me. The map I was looking for was […]
How to Start When You Are Putting Something Off
My 20 minute strategy to start on that big scary project that you’ve been putting off Ever had something really important and high-level project you have been putting off for weeks? It happened to one of my coaching students when she was gunning for a leadership level job. She hit some progress — she was […]
You Don’t Find Your Voice, You Use It.
Have you ever been presented with a new corporate mission statement and thought–’that’s just a bunch of corporate speak.’? Amidst at ton of celebration, you thought ‘wow, you spent 3 months coming up with some abstract words?’, yet you can’t “find your voice” to share your thoughts? If so, keep reading! When I work with […]
