They’re more common than most people realize — It often starts off small: a joke from a co-worker that feels mean-spirited, or a scolding from a manager that crosses a line. You force yourself to laugh it off, or shrug it off, and you go on with your day. But when that isolated incident becomes a pattern —…

Expert advice on how to maintain your composure in the workplace — We’ve all worked with someone who had difficulty managing their emotions — especially the “bad” ones like anger, fear, frustration, disappointment. You know, the impatient boss who lashes out at employees in response to the slightest bit of bad news; the overly negative colleague who complains about almost everything in…

Whether you have a great boss, a terrible boss, or a well-intended (but overwhelmed) boss, the relationship you have with your boss has a major impact on your career trajectory. I’ve coached many leaders who have good relationships with some of their direct reports and challenging relationships with others…

Ever feel like your performance reviews are just a summary of the last 2 weeks of your job or a laundry list of the things you messed up since the last review? I’ll show you how to pre-empt those responses, wow your boss, and prep for the meeting like you’ve…

As we start to head back to work after what was hopefully a wonderful and restful break, there are a few things I would like you to consider in regards to the autistic person/s in your workplace. I was diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in April last year at…

Preserve your well-being, avoid burnout, and eat a cake — I’m a product director at a corporate financial tech company. Which means I bloody love a TLA (three-letter acronym). Yes, I know the fact that I wrote an acronym about an acronym is lame. I am lame. One concept that’s thrown around regularly is the MVP, or minimum viable product…

Become more influential by learning the language of these subtle cues — Hate it when you are not taken seriously? When I started working as a 24-year-old woman, I struggled. How to command attention? How not to be dismissed for my size, gender, and lack of wrinkles or gray hair? I’ve learned hacks to be more assertive. To be more influential…

Become a pro when working with whiteboards without reading a single book or attending a specialized training — Why would you care Every office set up has them — whiteboards. Everyone seemingly knows how to use them. However, it is only down to individuals who are really good at using those to create pleasing and remarkable notes and diagrams that are valuable and that others are willing to take a picture of…

To be successful and outperform at work there are many things you can be doing today that can get you closer to your next promotion and big raise — but there’s also a few things you can stop doing that can get you there. Both good and bad behaviors are…

Originally published on my substack blog. A while back I asked my readers why it’s so hard to stay in shape. Most of them agreed that they knew they needed to sleep and exercise more, and eat less- but knowing and doing are three different things. When I dug deeper…

Doing my fair share for my son means I have to start carrying my weight in other areas at home. — Growing up as an Indian-American son, in a family-oriented culture, I considered it an inarguable truth that I would have kids when I grew up. So when I met my wife and she first introduced the idea that we should really think about whether we wanted to have kids —…

When you don’t have an infant at home, it sounds ludicrous. Even though I’ve done it myself — twice — saying out loud “I haven’t slept more than 4 hours in a row in 6 months,” sounds utterly preposterous. And yet, most new parents experience this lack of sleep anywhere…

After 20 years of raising children while working full-time, here’s what I’ve got — Parenting young children while entrepreneuring took everything I had, and then some. All my energy, love, creativity, intelligence, forgiveness, and friendship. Through trial and error and error, I managed to figure out a few things along the way, usually with the benefit of both sweat and tears. So here are…

Some changes I’m making — I work in tech, I’m a parent, and I’m struggling with burnout. If I’m honest, I’ve been running on fumes for a while. But there were enough milestones along the way to keep chasing that next moment of reprieve. The vacation. The promotion. The vaccine. The remodel. But then the…

My First Corporate, Misgendered Pee — Today I began my first day of work in the corporate world as a trans man. And wow was that scary. I walked into the first day orientation on the 23rd floor of the second Bank of America building in Chicago and found myself surrounded by white econ frat boys…

By: Solange Lopes “Your allies are not always who they seem to be.” I got stuck on these words uttered by keynote speaker France Winddance Twine, Professor of Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara, during the 2019 Women of Color in the Academy conference. Through her personal stories…

It’s harder than you think, but not difficult at all. — I’ve read many stories about entrepreneurship and making money on Medium, written by people with amazing profiles, and impressively actionable calls to action that take you to nice websites used to collect my email. Just yesterday I read one, and left a simple comment: “Are you a millionaire?” which drew…

It’s hard to know what questions to ask employees during a performance evaluation. Even once you’ve decided on questions, you need to organize the questions and collect the feedback. — Have you ever thought to yourself: “I wish I had a self-evaluation template.” “What questions should I ask? “How do I get better answers from self-evaluations?” “Do we have any performance review samples?” We’ve pulled together a master list of great templates for annual performance reviews — or whatever cadence…

by Sarah Rose Belok “This is a safe space”- sound familiar? Or a personal favorite, “Everyone should feel empowered to speak up here.” These common workplace assertions contain many implicit assumptions because whether we are meeting over the internet or in person, the same path to psychological safety is not…

For high-performance organizations, there’s a strong link between employees who take ownership, having a culture of accountability, and…