Career Advice

While most of the employees I mentor are women, last week a male colleague — Charles — reached out to me about applying for a management role.  He didn’t think he was prepared to be a manager.  Charles is currently in an interim management position covering for someone on maternity leave.  He felt like he […]

Last week, I was talking to someone about my blog.  When I mentioned it is called “Mrs. Type A,” he was very confused; he had never heard of the term “Type A” before.  So, I found myself explaining a Type A personality, as well as what it meant to live with that personality.  I suspect […]

So many of my blog posts, and my hours as a corporate leader, have focused on helping employees obtain a promotion (especially to a management position).  Most employees become fixated on career progression as measured by upward movement.  I cannot deny that, I too, may succumb to that from time to time.  That said, I […]

Usually, I write about a dilemma that is posed to me from a colleague or sent to me from a reader (click here to submit your dilemmas!).  This week, I’m going to pose my own.  The past few weeks have been very stressful at work, and at home.  On top of leading a very high […]

Yesterday, I was at the nail salon and overheard two young women talk about the politics in their department at work (which happened to be at Facebook, btw…good to know they too experience some drama).  One lady expressed that she couldn’t understand why another colleague had been promoted to a management position (and she, herself, […]