For so many of us, work offers a sense of purpose, a sense of value, and enough distraction that we don’t get caught up thinking about life’s big questions. Did you know that 70% of college graduates find a sense of identity from their work? When asked to talk about…

What are you going to do when you’re done being a Chief of Staff? How long is your ‘tour of duty’? When will you rotate? I never heard these questions more than when I was a corporate Chief of Staff. People were curious. The role was relatively new at the…

Have you ever felt the compelling urge to slam the brakes on your current career, step out of the car, and board a high-speed train bound for an entirely new direction? You could try out a new industry, country, function, or type of organization. …

One of my most-recommended tools as a Chief of Staff is the quarterly role charter — simple yet remarkably effective. It consists of a four-box detailing your top priorities for the next three months: 3 projects/initiatives and 1 development area. Example: Here’s how to create your own: Start with a…

I use AI every day as a writer. Yet, I never let it write for me. Huh? Generative AI has made creating content easier. You can type in a prompt and away it goes with a full essay or article. Because of this, people often ask if I think AI…

The startup Sam joined was at a fork in the road. Either scale the user base exponentially and join an accelerator…or run out of funds. Their job was to figure out how to get more people to the product’s sign-up page. ASAP. There were almost no resources and the deadline…

You’re a formidable agency, albeit “digital”, venturing into the coveted realm of brand work with one of your largest clients. Internal brand stakeholder opinion differences aside, it’s your job to right the ship and re-shoot a campaign that the president of the company didn’t like. But your young digital creative…

I went through most of my career not describing myself as a Generalist. I wasn’t avoiding the label, I just flat-out didn’t know it was a thing. I tap danced around it, saying: ➡ I’m an excellent leader who is quick to adapt to new teams and environments and will…

There is nothing quite as lonely as feeling like ‘it’s just me’. You can choose to suffer alone. You can opt to solve the problem by yourself. Or you can reach out and find your people. Karina chose options 2 and 3. Early in her career, Karina experienced the same…