About five years ago, my cousin Isabelle, who is from Luxembourg, permanently settled in New York. It was huge for me because as a child of immigrants, I never had extended family here. I love having Isabelle, and her husband Noah, around in all sorts of ways. But for my newsletter, what’s interesting to me …
Motivation at Work – What I’ve Learned From My Millennial Cousin Read More »
Recently I saw a powerful TED talk on the risks of procrastination. It brought me back to my early 30’s when I was frustrated at work and didn’t know what to do. I remember thinking that life is not like in the movies, where the lead is struck with a powerful clarity and the courage to …
Happy New Year-ish. On Monday, I wrote about the gap between New Year expectations and sometimes not feeling prepared to meet those expectations. When it’s freezing cold and the holidays have left us tired, the thought of making your next career move can feel like crossing the North Pole – a vast expanse and no clear milestones. …
Since starting a business I’ve learned techniques from other entrepreneurs that, in hindsight, would have helped me enormously in my corporate career. As we mark a new year there are two bits of wisdom that I am eager to share. First, it’s the second week in January and I feel like a stretchy cartoon superhero. …
Every year I see people, and work teams, do their annual review by looking at all of the goals they didn’t accomplish in the year and dragging those into the new year. It feels so heavy! What if instead, year end could feel like, “Wheeeee!” I have an annual review that rocks. It makes the …
Last week I attended a fantastic event at Cosmetic Executive Women focused on Prestige Beauty Branding*. Something that really stood out was when the panelists were asked their views about Amazon, the retail giant they are increasingly forced to work with, whose positioning does not align with their prestige images. It got me thinking about …
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscape, but in having new eyes.” ~Marcel Proust Lisa was overwhelmed. From a traditional small town, she had come to New York for a career shift and found the “anything goes” culture jarring. A mom of two, she was having trouble connecting with her colleagues who …
Last week eight brave souls signed up for my 30-minute free coaching sessions. Congratulations! It was exciting on so many levels. The first lesson is a “listen up” for job searchers — I sent three sign-up reminders and only had two people register until that third reminder. It’s a huge lesson to all those, including …
Where So Many of Us Go Wrong in Careers – and Event Reminders Read More »
My husband shared this article with me. Probably because it reminded him of vacation with my French family and how frustrating it can be to figure out what is actually going on. And while the article is about personal life communication, the same dynamic happens at work: our beliefs about how things are supposed to be, the “shoulds” drive …
Here I am Saturday morning at 6:15 in a Starbucks on Ventura Blvd. in Burbank, CA, so excited from what I am learning in my 3-day intensive that I can’t wait to download it all. For nine years I’ve been working with you to help you refine your voice, get tools to manage your careers, and take the (sometimes …
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