Years ago, I went for a walk with a co-worker because she needed to decompress. She was a friend and was unbelievably stressed. You see, she was about a year into her role and did not have a good relationship with her boss. They’re time together was purely transactional, and they didn’t trust one another […]
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I have a love hate relationship with networking. I’ve talked about it before. If traditional networking looks like 30 second elevator pitches, speed rounds of random questions, and handing out business cards at your table, I am not here for it. Nobody wants that smarmy salesman feeling when they’re talking to someone new. What you
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When was the last time you felt alone? Not the good kind of alone like when your little one didn’t realize you went to the bathroom and you actually didn’t have little hands knocking at, or just opening, the door. I mean the kind of alone where you feel like you’re the only one that
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Maybe this is just me but I go through ebbs and flows of reflection. Reflecting on where you’ve been so that you can be objective and intentional about where you’re going is crazy important but I just don’t do it every day. I will sometimes intentionally ask myself things like; What makes a good leader?
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Prior to 2020 a networking event looked like this, you go to a conference or speaker and as part of the event the organizers would build in 20 minutes of ‘networking time.’ During this time you get a drink and either buzz around from circle table to circle table trying to hit it off with
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