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…

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…

How to Make April 2016 your Best Month!

Wake up, wake up, it’s the first of the month, get up, get up, it’s the first of the month…”  Okay, so I like a lit­tle gang­ster rap and those…

Why Do Women Tear Each Other Down?

It’s Wom­en’s His­to­ry Month and I want to know where is the love? Why as women–why do we tear each oth­er down?  I can think of three dif­fer­ent women sim­i­lar in…