Jul 16, 2024 | Burning Question, Navigating workplace dynamics
I really enjoy working for my company and have been focused on earning a promotion for over a year (after being denied the same promotion a year earlier). I have checked all the boxes. However, I recently learned that I did NOT receive the promotion despite my manager...
Jul 16, 2024 | Navigating workplace dynamics, Quick Takes
Failing sucks. 😔 Forget the cringeworthy “fail forward” or “fail fast” language that permeates work culture. For most people, failing can be devastating. 💔 But it doesn’t have to be. After all, failing is human. Further, everyone fails at something at some point in...
Nov 21, 2023 | Burning Question, Navigating workplace dynamics
My boss talks over me and doesn’t want my suggestions. I think my expertise threatens him as he only has 1 more year of experience than I have, but a much bigger job. He controls the projects I am assigned to, my upcoming raise, and my path to promotion. I want to...
Nov 9, 2023 | Navigating workplace dynamics, Quick Takes
It may surprise you that managing up – i.e., managing your boss – will help YOU succeed because it enables you to get stuff done. When my career took off, it wasn’t because someone gave me a bigger list of things to do. Instead, it was because I: Observed what needed...
Oct 11, 2023 | Burning Question, Deepening self knowledge
Good news! 🎉 You asked for it and we’re bringing it to you. Our popular Q&A series, Burning Questions, is getting its own newsletter. Over the past two years, we received so many questions from our community and realized Burning Questions should stand alone. 💬 We...
