Set Boundaries.

If you want peo­ple to know where you draw the line, then you need to learn to set bound­aries.  With­out bound­aries, rela­tion­ships in busi­ness and in our per­son­al lives can­not func­tion…

  • September 11, 2016

Thinking Backwards is Forward Thinking

Got a high-pri­or­i­­ty project up your sleeve?  Cool, me too.  Think hard at the begin­ning of the project about where you want it to go.  What is the pur­pose of…

  • May 10, 2016

Are You Being Penalized for your Efficiency?

Is effi­cien­cy pun­ish­able?  Are you being pun­ished for your com­pe­tence, or worse, are you a man­ag­er who scolds oth­ers for their extreme pro­duc­tiv­i­ty? If so, boy have I got a…

Propel Your Career to the Top!

I’ve known this all along; super-exec­u­­tives are super­stars!  I joined the c‑suite as an exec­u­tive assis­tant very ear­ly on in my career.  I spent entire days for years and years…

  • May 5, 2016

Ladies, Increase your Math Literacy

I recent­ly expe­ri­enced some major dis­ap­point­ments.  I was inter­est­ed in a posi­tion that required being excel­lent with num­bers.  I did­n’t get it.  I then applied for a grad­u­ate pro­gram in…

  • August 5, 2015