Archive - The Uncommon Executive

Best of 2024: Getting Promoted, Leading Teams, and Managing Up

Recap of some of my best posts from 2024 on leadership, and career challenges.

Dec 19 •

How To Anticipate and Come Out Ahead In Reorgs

Re-orgs are an disruptive and inevitable: new strategy, new leaders, or just a new year. With any change comes opportunity to change your own status…

Dec 12 •

The Art of Securing Sponsorship In Your Workplace

Getting sponsorship is the ultimate career multiplier people underinvest in. Here's what it looks like and how to get it.

Dec 5 •

November 2024

The Uncommon Executive: 2024 Year In Review

What I Learned After A Year Of Coaching, Teaching, Writing, and Running my own business.

Nov 28 •

Solve "Too Many Meetings" To Increase Team Effectiveness and Morale

Help your teams run more effectively through solving for the root cause of meeting proliferation in your organization. Level up your influence and…

Nov 21 •

7 Tactics To Gain Momentum When Transitioning Careers

How to craft a narrative that resonates, pitch your transferable skills, and bring unique value across industries and roles.

Nov 14 •

What Can I Do To Boost My Performance Rating In The Next Few Weeks?

We're down the final months of the year. Here's a set of tactical TODOs I give all my clients to ensure their reviews go better than expected.

Nov 7 •

Annual Planning is the Time to Show Up and Get Noticed

Annual planning is your chance to grow your influence within the company. Here's how to do it well.

Nov 3 •

October 2024

Delegate Well To Sustainably Grow Your Scope and Impact

Delegating well involves carefully fitting the best form of delegation to the project and the person. Here's what questions to ask and how to do it…

Oct 31 •

Invite your friends to read The Uncommon Executive

Thank you for reading The Uncommon Executive.

Oct 26 •

6 Conversations Starters With Your VP

How to start off strong when meeting your skip-skip-skip...skip-skip-level in an adjacent function (jk) for a "get to know you" meeting.

Oct 24 •

How The Uncommon Executive Was Born

From entrepreneur to product executive to leadership coach, here's the story behind The Uncommon Executive.

Oct 21 •

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