Why NOT to quit your demanding job
I give a pretty scathing view of consulting life and working-so-much-that-you-lose-yourself-in-it. But let me be clear: leaving a demanding job isn’t a magic bullet. It may seem from my story like the best thing I did was leave consulting, but that’s not the message I want you to have. My consulting experience was an incredible gift that continues to teach me even beyond my time there. The best thing I… Read the Rest
read more →My favorite email
My favorite email this year was sending a holiday card that my family and I took wearing heavy wool sweaters on a sweltering fall day. – We actually had fun at the shoot, thanks to Pam – I was glad I got this accomplished and looked forward to sending it out – It felt good to be where we were, even in a year with so much push in it… Read the Rest
read more →Get a running start on the new year in December
My sure-fire guarantee for a happy new year is to have already started something I feel proud of in December. When I start a new year’s resolution in December, I’m already ahead. This makes me irrationally happy. 1.It’s like banked accomplishment. And then my new year’s resolutions can be things like “Drink more wine.” 2.There’s no pressure. It’s a warm up, a dry run, a practice. Having no need to… Read the Rest
read more →Start with Why
You’re going to LOVE this. As someone who named her strategy practice after the ‘ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything’, I knew I would like Simon Sinek’s
read more →Why you love nearly impossible projects
What makes your project so irresistible? I’m talking about a project that no one’s been able to do before. One that’s so complicated or ambiguous that other people won’t touch it. But not you. Instead of reading Boing Boing, grilling burgers and ‘having a life’, you’re working on this project that has consumed your life, your sleep, and stressed you out enough that your favorite people are starting to resent… Read the Rest
read more →Feedback for the CEO
When you’re the boss, you’re the last one to get ‘developmental’ feedback. Sure, you get tons of reaction from your board, your team, the community. But when you’re leading something that’s totally new, bigger than anything you’ve done before, and you’re working like crazy, that’s not enough. Here’s how to get the good stuff you really need: Earlier this fall I was asked to provide performance feedback for the CEO… Read the Rest
read more →You’re not the only one
Feel like you’re juggling chaos, trying to sound like you know just what you’re doing? That’s what a group of non-profit leaders and entrepreneurs told us last week at a strategy skills workshop. [viddler id-54a13eec h-370 w-540] But more than that, they want to know they’re working on the right things. Sound like you? Well then what are you waiting for? Get yourself into Strategic Project Leadership this week! Last… Read the Rest
read more →Why do you do what you do?
Why do you do what you do? What makes it worth it to take harder paths to do something potentially important? I’m gearing up for Strategic Project Leadership, the six week virtual project management boot camp that starts Oct 15th to help non-profit leaders crush nearly impossible projects. If you’re not in it yet, there are 20 spots left. It’s cliche to say that it’s scary to do something so… Read the Rest
read more →How to know when you need to make a real change
If you read the book I Don’t Know How She Does It, or plan to see the movie, here’s my version in video. It’s not easy for me to tell, but it may be important that you hear it. We’ve all had those moments when we are stretched too thin and trying to do too many things at once. So many of us spend our lives feeling like a human… Read the Rest
read more →I remember working at the World Trade Center…
…I remember I was pregnant with my daughter and working in a bank with an office at the WTC. In those days, being a pregnant professional meant I rode the subway in high heels, hose and a silk suit. I remember the smells of the subway, the food vendors, the people moving in every direction. I remember bonus season with Wall Streeters coming in with the big checks they waited… Read the Rest
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