In my work as a mentor for startups and as an informal career coach for others, I often tell people about the moment in time when I made a major…
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The Road to 2022
It’s September and, at the risk of sounding cynical, that means that before we know it the holiday season is in full swing, and then BOOM! it’s 2022. Sorry to…
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Keys to Improving Strategic Adaptability
In nature, every action has its equal and opposite reaction. Physics demands that we adjust to stimuli. We either adapt or we fail. In business, things don’t play out in…
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Tropical Island Digital Nomads
The Wall Street Journal article Some People Worked From Home During Covid. These People Moved to a Tropical Island covers the growing number of Caribbean islands offering digital nomad visas and includes…
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Time to Rethink the Way You Work and Become a Life-long Learner
I have known Gary Bolles for decades. Back when I was putting together the first editorial staff for Network Computing magazine, Gary was one of my early hires. He had…
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The Great SHEturn to Office
So much has been written about the forced mass exodus of women from the paid workforce during COVID-19. We know that women accounted for nearly 54% of job losses since…
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Strengths, Blind Spots and Tools for Professional Transformation
This week’s reading and listening focuses on the benefits of professional development, how to approach it and tools to facilitate success. There are perspectives on the hows and whys of…
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Don’t Let Your RTO Milestone Turn Into a DEI Millstone
Like many of our clients, you’ve probably spent considerable time in the last few months making facilities decisions and getting ready for employees to starting returning to the office. They…
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Organizational Confidence is Personal
Organizational confidence is a nice concept, but how does it come to life in the real world? Here are some typical personas that mission-driven organizations — both for-profit companies and…
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Success in Hybrid Work Environments
As companies begin to (or plan to in the coming months) re-open their physical offices, a range of questions and concerns will need to be addressed. Hybrid workplaces look, at…
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