This week, I received a question from someone who was newly promoted to manager. She was worried about her new role, given that some of her direct reports were older and had more professional experience than she did. She wondered how she was going to be a great manager to them, given their greater degree […]
Career Advice
3 Behaviors That Will Ensure You Get Promoted
You’re working so hard and getting great feedback from your manager. At the same time, you are being passed over for promotion time and time again. What gives?! What does it actually take to get promoted?! Before jumping into my advice, I did some research to see what expert sources say (see Vault’s article for […]
The 1 Thing That Will Improve Your Executive Presence
The words “Executive Presence” give me anxiety. Ever since I began my career 20 years ago, I was told I needed to improve my executive presence; my voice was too high and my stature too small. I struggled for years to understand what to make of this feedback. The most specific guidance I ever received […]
4 Tips for Buying Holiday Presents for Co-workers
While I’m typically ahead of all key deadlines and events in my life (thanks to my masterful To Do List), I always forget about holiday presents for my coworkers. It’s not until they start showing up on my desk that I realize I have dropped the ball. Year after year this happens. Until, I made […]
How Having Kids Will Help Your Career
Being a working mom is hard. We have discussed before the stress a working mom faces and the impact it can have on the health, happiness, and wellbeing of the entire family. It’s also hard to see how your career can thrive when you are sleep deprived, exhausted, leaving early to tend to sick children, etc. […]