Is it your career ambition to reach the C-Suite? Are you on that trajectory but not totally sure how to make the leap? I hear this often with my coaching clients and want to offer my perspective on the one thing that often holds the “#2 layer” of management in place and unable to break […]
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How to Nail an Interview for a Stretch Role
Are you getting bored in your current role? Do you find yourself craving your next big challenge? If you answered yes to both questions, you might be ready for a stretch role. I define a stretch role as a position that exceeds the current scope of your experience but one that you have the aptitude […]
Want More in 2020?
I, like many others, become reflective at the end of a busy year. My reflection considers where I’ve been, but more so, where I want to go in the next year. I’m not one for resolutions. I find power in establishing a one-word mantra for the new year. Last December, my word was “growth.” That […]
How To Create Your Ideal Position
When I coach, I notice client topics tend to come in waves. Some days it feels as if I share the same frameworks and best practices over and over. Lately, it has all been about how to create and request a new role within your existing company. I’ve done this very thing before. Here’s what […]
When Life Gets in the Way
I’ve been gone a while now! It hadn’t dawned on me until today when one of my clients said she gets a lot out of my weekly blog that anyone would be missing me during my five-week hiatus. My apologies, but life got in the way of business. I had a family loss of my […]
Feedback for Leaders
My coaching client said he told his boss, “I need you to do more. Show up for the team. Specifically, if you schedule meetings, let me know if you’re not going to be present instead of just not showing up which makes us all look bad.” My mouth was agape. This is exactly the style […]