Month: August 2024

Are you undervaluing building connection and relationships in your job? I had a mentoring conversation yesterday with somebody a couple years out of college who was worried that he was falling behind. I told him the first decade of his career was for exploring; instead of maximizing title or compensation, the long-term assets he should…

What do you do when working harder isn’t working? In school and in our early careers, working harder is often an appropriate response to challenges. There’s a defined amount of work for us, so we can expect to get through all of it if we just apply enough effort. And if we do that, we…

I am excited to join Maven to share what I’ve learned about being an effective executive from working with top Google execs as the Search Ads Chief of Staff for six years, and from coaching executives for the last five years. My class on “Become a More Effective Executive” starts on Sept 27, and will…

I have coached dozens of successful executives over the last 5 years, and want to share a few things that they do that separates them from people early in their careers. 1) They focus on getting the problem solved, not on solving the problem themselves. It’s about delivering results, not about them. 2) They look…

I enjoyed this conversation with ibrahim bashir and his audience, where they asked tough questions about what it takes to be effective as an executive, and how to handle difficult ambiguous situations. You can check out the clip below for my answer about executive presence, and other clips in the full recap at https://lnkd.in/gS7n-RSK

Action follows commitment. I had a revelation about a decade ago. I had been stuck in a rut, where I kept doing the same things, but I didn’t know how make a change to start something new. Eventually I realized that if I just decided to do something, I would figure out the next steps….

I’m looking forward to speaking with Adelina Chalmers on October 7 about the Executive Mindset. A few shifts: — let go of your individual contributions and focus more on leading the team to results. We, not I. — it’s no longer about your mastery of your function (technology, product, sales, finance, marketing). that’s table stakes…

Last call to sign up for tomorrow’s conversation with ibrahim bashir on developing the executive mindset! We plan to have a wide-ranging conversation on what it takes to be an effective executive, drawing on what I’ve learned from coaching executives over the past several years, and his experience as a VP of Product at Amplitude,…

My latest newsletter shares more information about my upcoming class about how to be a more effective executive, which involves letting go of what previously made you successful so you can embrace a new mindset. The newsletter also includes: — an invitation to a live event this Friday with ibrahim bashir to discuss the executive…

There are no “right” answers as an executive. Early in your career, you may have clear ownership of an area and well-defined roles and responsibilities and priorities. With that direction, you can focus on solving the problems in front of you. As an executive, you create that clarity and direction for others. Executive leadership means…