What is the most valuable thing you can do today? What will you let go undone to make that happen? I used to believe that job success came from working harder and getting more things done. But that didn’t scale. Once I was working 100 hours a week, it wasn’t physically possible for me to…
Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of tasks that you’re asked to do each day? Or that the reward for a job well done is more work?
Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of tasks that you’re asked to do each day? Or that the reward for a job well done is more work? That’s how it felt when I started working at Google. Despite the external validation, I was exhausted and drained every day. My life was an endless stream…
It feels unfair when relationships aren’t reciprocal. Why should I spend extra effort helping others when they aren’t doing the same for me?
It feels unfair when relationships aren’t reciprocal. Why should I spend extra effort helping others when they aren’t doing the same for me? And that’s why it’s powerful. Everybody gets this in theory. We know that other people are more likely to help us if we help them first. The Golden Rule and all that….
Do you feel frustrated that you can’t reach the next level of leadership?
Do you feel frustrated that you can’t reach the next level of leadership? Or feel overloaded by growing scope and additional responsibilities? If you want things to be different in 2026, start this year by taking my Maven course, Scale Your Leadership with the Executive Mindset. It’s been designed specifically for rising leaders to help you…
How would it change who becomes leaders if everybody had access to the same professional resources?
How would it change who becomes leaders if everybody had access to the same professional resources? I don’t know, but I’d love to move things in that direction. As such, I have joined with 14 other coaches to offer 18 full coaching scholarships to leaders from underrepresented groups in technology. If you are a leader…
I used to believe I was stuck. But my unconscious beliefs were keeping me from seeing the choices I had.
I used to believe I was stuck. But my unconscious beliefs were keeping me from seeing the choices I had. I was at Google trying to earn a promotion, working 100+ hour weeks, taking on every task my manager sent my way. My mental and physical health were suffering, but I didn’t see any other…
You might think that applying more pressure gets more done.
You might think that applying more pressure gets more done. But relaxing and slowing down makes things run faster and more smoothly. Every morning can turn into a battle with my daughter as I’m trying to get her out the door to go to school. What I realized recently was that applying more pressure made…
How does your team stay focused on what’s most important when you’re not in the room?
How does your team stay focused on what’s most important when you’re not in the room? The nightmare scenario: A team spends weeks or months developing a new idea before presenting it to you for review. You send it back to start over because it’s completely misaligned with the vision and the strategy. — They…
Working harder will not turn you into an effective executive.
Working harder will not turn you into an effective executive. But most people keep trying, and then wonder why they’re not making progress. You earned success by outworking everyone, saying yes to everything asked of you, and solving every problem yourself. But that strategy also meant that people kept giving you more work. If you…
Confidence doesn’t come from knowing you’ll get it right.
Confidence doesn’t come from knowing you’ll get it right. It comes from trusting that you’ll figure it out when things go wrong. When you’ve made mistakes and recovered, you stop fearing failure. You start taking calculated risks, because you know you can recover. But if you’re so afraid of things going wrong that you never…