How did you respond to your last promotion? Personally, the pride I took from my accomplishment didn’t stick around for very long. I sometimes try to take a second or two and reflect on success, but my self-doubt usually kicks into overdrive. …

I recently moved into a new role at work. I’m really enjoying it so far. I left a position that I’d spent the better part of 7 years performing. In my old role I felt I had good situational and operational awareness. In my new role, in product management, I’m…

One surefire way to get followers on Medium seems to be writing about how to become popular on Medium. Everyone wants a soap box. They crave for others to see and respect their work. …

Sometimes our greatest strength is also our achilles heal. Great leaders are able to process and adapt to new information in the blink of an eye. The problem comes when we stop adapting to new information and instead only hear the parts of the message that reinforce our existing world…

Hello everyone! Here is my holiday themed, 200 word entry for The Writing Cooperative December writing challenge. I don’t normally write fiction, so I am even more curious and receptive to your feedback! The Terminal The strangers huddled together impatiently. They were each waiting for the announcement that would make or break…

Take a minute to reflect on what makes a leader successful. One of the first words that comes to mind for me is influence. Influence affects your relationships with coworkers, customers and friends. Influence can be a scary word, but don’t worry, we’re not talking about manipulating others. We’re talking…

Regardless of the type of goal that you set, it’s important to make it measurable. Without measurement, how can you tell where you started or, perhaps more importantly, how you have progressed towards your desired outcome. If it can’t be measured, how can you tell when you’re done? …

A few times in your career, you might be given an opportunity to pivot into a role that is outside of your comfort zone. I’ve had this opportunity at several points throughout mine. I started out as a volunteer systems administrator and eventually moved to a paid role in the…

In the last 20 years, I’ve been fortunate to work on a number of different software projects. Earlier in my career, I was usually contributing to a plan that someone else had defined. This made it easy to understand exactly what was required. It was all mapped out for me…