When I was applying to business school, I worked behind the fragrance counter at Barney’s, New York. Barney’s was a special place, and yet it seemed that business schools were looking for Wall Street experience.  So I wrote an essay about everything I knew about the stock market, which wasn’t much.  A work friend, who […]

Do You Own Your Awesome? Last week my nine-year-old asked for homework help: How many seconds in three hours?  I asked him what 60 times 60 would be.  He said, “1,200.”  I said, “Hmmmm, what about trying again.”  To which he said, “Yes, 6 plus 6, then add the two zeros.”  And I asked him to try […]

A Missed Leadership Opportunity This past September I watched the heartbreaking US Open women’s award ceremony. As a working mom, of course I would have loved to see Serena Williams win and show how powerful women can be. But my heart went out to Naomi Osaka, who was crying and apologizing for doing exactly what she […]

How many of these statements can you say ‘yes’ to? I know my strengths and their impact on my team and company I know my next career move and what I need to get there I have a strong network and check in with them regularly I can have a successful difficult conversation with my […]

Last week a friend posted an article on team collaboration that I loved because it is right on track with what I see in my work.  According to author Carlos Valdes-Dapena, formerly of Mars, Inc, “..most of what we — and others — thought about team building was wrong…We learned that quality collaboration does not begin with relationships and trust; […]

You’ve got the Sunday night blues. You return texts and emails at all hours. You see photos of the Google campus and immediately start checking their job listings. You are impatient and not present with the most important people in your life. Change is a fantastically positive force. But today’s runaway change can leave you […]

When I hear people say, “The only constant today is change,” I feel like they’ve invited the enemy in and are making it dinner. No one seems to question the change or more importantly, look for ways to neutralize or get out in front of it. And I think today’s change has made it super […]

Is Vision Hurting Your Performance? Last week I attended a presentation on Goddesses by Li Edelkoort of Trend Union and a panel discussion by CFO’s from Estee Lauder, Cognizant, Prudential, and Ancestry. Each event was great on its own. The juxtaposition brought some cool insights. First, do you take time to step out of your department to see what’s […]

    What Does Being “Other” Do to Our Confidence? Over the years I’ve had a disproportionate number of clients who are foreign, or children of immigrants, and I am often hired for the international teams in organizations. It doesn’t surprise me. As a child of immigrants, I’ve just assumed people sense a shared experience and […]

Still trying to manage career using strategies that worked in your 20’s?  The trouble is, it’s like the clothes in your closet that aren’t quite right any more.  After promotions, degrees, maybe kids, you can’t just “get back to” where you were.  You need a sophisticated approach that lets you re-assess, integrate your successes and […]