2020 Goal Amnesia

I was working with a new client the other day, and asked her what her 2020 goals were.

She looked at me so perplexed.

She had set several goals in late December so she could kick off 2020 powerfully.

But now, in June, she had...

Coronavirus can be a gift to your productivity, if you play it right

Our world has changed dramatically because of the coronavirus.

So many of us are suddenly working from home full-time, with kids (who, by the way, we are now...

Are you interviewing but not receiving offers?

In today's video, I share the story of a client who thought she wasn't getting interviews because:
She was too old (𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯)
She didn't have an insider to support her
She was...

In this post

1) Why it's so important to know where you you want to go with your career and not leave it to other people

2) How I fell into this trap (an example of what NOT to do)

3) The 20 questions to ask yourself, in order to get back into the...

Are you in survival mode, with no time for the strategic?

Take a second and think about your day and week, does it look something like this?

• You're overwhelmed by new emails and messages (Slack, MS Teams) before you even get out of bed
• You...

The typical goal-setting advice is missing a key element

Have you been inundated with emails on and social media posts on how to set goals for 2020?

I have too.

The advice I see all over is missing a key component.

The year is almost...

Do you hate networking?

I used to hate networking. I mean despise it.

• It felt awkward.
• It felt self-serving.
• It felt time-consuming.

I talk to a lot of you who feel the same way.

There is no "𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆" that some of us are born...

Why are you staying at your current job?

Do you know? Really know? I mean beyond the initial surface, reactionary answer?

Most people don't know. They don't question it, and they stay because it's the path of least resistance.

They don't want to...

Executive presence

Early in my career, long before I was an executive, someone gave me the advice to focus on my executive presence. Their advice was to come across as an executive before I was an executive. 

Do you have executive...

Do you think about this too?

I used to think this all the time - if I could just find my passion, I would feel so much more fulfilled, vibrant, and motivated.

I hear this from my clients too. They say things like:

• My work has no meaning, I want...