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How To Communicate What Really Matters In Leadership Interviews
Start with the motivation. Identify the question behind the question. Tailor your responses to the audience. And don't forget to frame your case in the…
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Best of 2024: Getting Promoted, Leading Teams, and Managing Up
Recap of some of my best posts from 2024 on leadership, and career challenges.
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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…
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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.
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How to Create Team Values that Drive Performance
How well your team works together and delivers underlies your success as a leader. Here's how to use Values conversations as a way to improve…
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Secret Weapon to Lasting Change: Team Coaching
The problem
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Landing Execution and Strategy without burning out
Getting out of the "I don't have time to be strategic because I'm too swamped with execution or fixing issues at hand" trap.
When You Don't Know What To Prioritize, Chase a Number
How to cut through the fluff and stay laser focused on what really matters to career growth in any environment.
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My Path to the C-suite in 13 years
Career momentum is important when it comes to breaking through to the C-suite. There's many potential paths there, and the key is to not get stuck.
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First PM at promising startup: Accelerator towards fame, wealth, and glory or not worth it?
The 1st PM is an interesting role. While there's a ton of autonomy and flexibility, there is also ambiguity, frustration, and potentially unrealistic…
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