I have had so many conversations with people who are in a multi-dimensional funk right now, for many good reasons, ranging from the hell we’re going through in this country to terrible life events that come out of nowhere and …
Category: Learning
What managers do
A long time ago, in a job far, far away, I worked on a team of people where all of us had different roles and functions and a shared set of goals. And for the most part, we all liked …
That horse I rode in on…
I’m in the midst of a…directional change. I set up this website originally for the purpose of hanging out my independent consulting shingle. And I knew perfectly well, when I did this back in February, that it was NOT gonna …
Communications: Egg to Adult
Throughout my career, many people have either approached me or been referred to me for advice about careers in communications. I always try to make time to accommodate these requests (although I can’t respond to them all), mostly because during …
Lists: Internal Communications
I have never held a job with “internal communications” in my title. I have also never held a job where internal communications hasn’t ended up being a huge part of my job. Doesn’t matter how junior or senior the position was: …
She is me.
[This is a post containing massive over-generalizations, I’m sure, but I just don’t have the time, inclination, or the credentials to do a whole, you know, research study on this.] Since leaving my last job, an executive-level position at a …
Breaking up is hard. And maybe, a privilege.
There has been much discussion in my newsfeeds lately about whether or not to quit Facebook, or some other social media platform. And I get it: I’ve broken up with other companies for far, far less than what these companies …
Communications is Everything (or Not)
I have decided opinions about bagels (as I do about almost anything) and I will say that while I do not dislike the Everything bagel, I do not fundamentally get the Everything bagel. I am relatively straightforward when it comes …