Sometimes it’s just as hard to stay as it is to leave — I recently posted an article called Breaking Up is Hard to Do, where I talked about how I’m adapting to my new normal of being an independent consultant and working remotely full time. I received a message from a former colleague on LinkedIN after I published this article. …

During these tough times with Covid, I believe that being an intentional encourager is needed more than ever. — A few months ago, I started writing a blog series. I’ve always enjoyed writing (for a short time period, my major in college was journalism) and I just hadn’t had time to do it while working. …

It has been 5 months since I left the company I had worked at for over 26 years. I had worked with some of the people there off and on for my entire career. I also had a lot of good friends at work and they were part of my…

10 Untrustworthy Behaviors at Work — No doubt when you read the article title, you said in your head, “Of course I’m not untrustworthy!” But are you? Most people come to work intending to do a good job. They plan to do what they say they are going to do. But oftentimes and regardless of good…

Corporate Adulting Calculating ROY (Return on You) The Article that Changed How I Thought About Work About 8 or 9 years ago, while doing some research, I ran across an interesting article from consultants Fred Nickols and Harvey Bergholz. This article, called What’s the Return on You (ROY)?, …

It may be the best thing you can do for yourself, and your co-workers. I have a confession. I am inclined to be a control freak, I like to be in charge, I’d rather do it myself and I don’t trust easily. Under stress, this behavior gets magnified exponentially. Quite frankly, it’s a terrible combination. Several years ago, I was working on a very…

If there were one piece of advice I could give to parents of a newborn, it would be to start saving for college now. — Most of us are not independently wealthy — at least not enough to comfortably absorb an additional $100,000 to $200,000 hit (the cost of one child in college) to our family incomes over four years without some extreme measures being put into place. The cost of a college education has…

Sometimes the way to get what you want (or deserve) is to be relentlessly, politely persistent. — My husband, Greg, is one of the most disciplined and persistent people I have ever met. He keeps a very consistent (I would probably describe it as “rigid” when I’m periodically feeling uncharitable) schedule in his personal life. He gets up at about the same time each day, exercises consistently…

Always Ask, Never Assume — About 15 years ago, I managed a team of internal consultants who worked onsite for our clients. In this role, many traveled extensively for their job with some being away from home for six or more months while working on an engagement. …