The Fine Line Between Asking For Help and Delegating
In my professional life, part of my role as a manager is to ask for help. I ask my team for help all the time – except it’s called delegation and it’s in the job description. And it doesn’t sound so helpless. In single-working-mother world though, delegation only exists when…
It’s a Noisy, Noisy World
I once rudely asked my tone-deaf friend, “Does it actually sound to you like you’re hitting the notes when you…
Remember That Time You Wore Lipstick?
THIS girl, whose standard uniform is jeans and a t-shirt, does not wear lipstick. Makeup? Sure! Never lipstick. As a single working mother, I only have time to get ready once – at 5am. There’s no daytime primping and certainly no time for lipstick-required reapplication. Don’t get me wrong –…
Companies Have a Brand Book. Shouldn’t You?
I suppose my career identity crisis actually started pretty soon after I started my career. And it just kept progressing as I moved up the ladder until one day, I just couldn’t put a name or a label on what I do for a living. This became really evident to…
Defining Greatness… A Look Back At 40
This piece was originally written in 2013 and just sat on my computer unread by anyone. A lot has changed…
The Right Thing At The Right Time
Just like that, I said something that may have changed someone’s life. It wasn’t planned. It was just the right thing to say at the right time. And then just like that, someone said something to me that may have changed MY life. The power of my network. I…