Several years ago I felt my rapport with my boss slipping. It had been a challenging period and our relationship felt strained and distant. In a moment of insight, I reached out to a former boss who I knew was good at managing up — she had had several promotions and always seemed to know […]

  Writing a resume can make you feel vulnerable.  It’s very personal to talk about yourself, it’s hard to know what will catch the reader’s attention, and it feels like so much is hinging on it. The reality is that a  resume is just one piece of a larger process- whether that sets your mind […]

As a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner, I was recently asked to check a series of articles for Teen Vogue. While the magazine speaks to an audience younger than my regular clientele, I love what they are doing. It’s never too early to start gaining awareness on what kind of work will make you happy. My approach is […]

When clients share their frustrations about corporate life, I often see benefits they don’t. One of these is that milestones and progress are easier to measure, which is why when my clients are working on longer term projects like job search, promotion, or shifting their team’s dynamics, progress can be hard to measure. Here are […]

There are two requests I get all the time:  1) Clarity on the big picture, and 2) A road map to get there. There is one more element that is key. It’s to have the confidence to activate the first two. My clients (you!) are mostly high-achievers. In reality, you don’t want someone to tell you […]

  If you are like most people, when you think about networking, your first thought is about that big fish mover and shaker who can offer you a great opportunity on the spot.  Which is also why, like most people, you probably stop before you even start.  Getting to the “right” people is not about […]

Read Lean In or attend a panel discussion of successful executives and you often hear, “Then I was offered the opportunity to …” or “Then I was asked to join…” What they don’t tell you is that they were offered an opportunity after they asked for it.  In a Forbes interview I read, Sheryl Sandberg, Marisa Mayer, and […]

Read Lean In or attend a panel discussion of successful executives and you often hear things like, “Then I was offered the opportunity to …” or  “Then I was asked to join…”.  It can leave the best of us wondering, “What am I doing wrong that I am not in such demand?”  What they don’t tell you […]

Your Story – Why it’s Key to Getting a Job You Love   A recent client took a shot at giving me her elevator pitch, and it sounded like this, “Seven years at X bank, an internship at Y bank, all in selling financial products with good results.”  Even with how much I like her […]

It’s amazing how consistently I see job-seekers make these mistakes. It’s not that they aren’t talented or smart — it’s that (please listen up!) job search and career management are a separate job from the job you do. It’s frustrating but true. Doing a job without learning the tools of career management means you are […]