Confidence · 2 min read
Three Strategies to Blast Through an Overactive Inner Critic
The voice telling you not to speak up in the meeting is not protecting you. Three things that work, tested on myself first.
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Writing
Nineteen years in communications, most of them spent explaining commercial real estate to people who would rather talk about anything else. These are the things I have learned about confidence, change, and becoming understood.
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Business and Bocce Ball
Every Easter my friend Jesse leads a rousing game of travelling bocce. One year the mark started moving and everyone groaned. That is when it became clear what good business actually looks like.
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Workforce · 2 min read
Workforce 2.0
The Great Resignation was the wrong name for it. Read the same shift from the other side and it is the Great Re-Connection, which asks something different of the people who run things.
Leadership · 2 min read
The Problem with Empathetic Leadership
Empathy became a buzzword somewhere around 2021, and buzzwords are where good ideas go to stop meaning anything. Here is what it actually costs to lead this way.
Communication · 2 min read
When Women Shrink, Society Shrinks
Written in October 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini. Not American politics, and not activism. What happens to all of us when half the world loses the ability to speak.
Leadership · 2 min read
Leadership Mind Tricks
It takes some brutal self-honesty to catch your own inner critic scheming on your behalf. Here is what I do in the split second after I notice.
Workforce · 2 min read
Three Lessons From Life's Oldest Millennial
Old enough to remember picking up the phone, young enough to have built a career on the internet. One hang-up each for Gen Z, the Boomers, and everybody.
Communication · 2 min read
Three Communication Habits to Kick to the Curb
Three things that quietly undermine you every time you open your mouth at work, and what to do instead.
Mentorship · 4 min read
How to Get a Mentor Like a Boss
Nobody is going to appoint themselves. I found mine on the cover of an industry magazine, wrote a one-page letter, printed it on personal letterhead and put it in the mail. Here is what I said, and the three things he taught me.
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Gentle wisdom, found out and about.
