Career Advice

Hi, I’m Mrs. Type A!  I am…hmmm, well…I’ll just say “over 40.”  After graduating from a top 5 MBA program, I embarked on a ~15 year career as a business leader at a tech company in Silicon Valley.  My professional focus is on marketing, market research, and analytics.  While that is my work, my passion […]

Last week I shared a situation in which my previous direct report, Julie, was struggling with her new manager (see post here).  In summary, Julie’s new boss is expecting her to focus on projects that she feels are unproductive and/or potentially could have a negative business impact.  I’ve thought a lot about Julie in the […]

This week, I caught up with a woman I used to manage, Julie.  Julie confessed that, since she transitioned to reporting to my successor, she has been struggling.  She feels my successor does not engage much and expects things from Julie that do not make sense to her.  Worse, she feels that doing those things […]

I received a request from a reader (yes, you can email me questions here!) about managing stress at work.  The reader, Jenn, is experiencing a lot of work stress right now given the changes at her company.  In addition, she has a new baby at home.  Jenn feels her stress results in mistakes at work, […]

A few months into every year, I feel like my team always has people moving on to new positions or companies.  This turnover always leaves me in “hiring mode” in the Spring.  As such, I am conducting a lot of interviews now.  Increasingly, these are phone interviews rather than in person. There are a few […]