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Sending a promotion request letter or email can secretly sabotage your career advancement. This guide shows you three reasons why—and how to pitch your promotion live with confidence. Why Promotion Request Letters Can Hurt Your Career Advancement So you feel like it’s time for you to move up in your...

So the other day, I was scrolling Instagram, and I happened across a post: “Here’s how to know if you’re being quietly fired.” Ugh. It’s the kind of stuff that you may be seeing out there more and more these days… internet posts that tell you how to get ready...

I have bought many online courses and programs that I didn’t use or complete. That $1,000 one from a few years ago, and that $1,500 a few years later. In fact, I recently joined a $15,000 masterclass that I thought was going to be helpful for a big strategic move...

The Challenge of Being “Too Old” or “Too Experienced” If you’re older and are looking for a job, or have even been laid off, you might worry that you’re too experienced for the roles you want.  This just happened to someone I know! She’d had a long, high-value career and...

My Inner Poor Kid: How Scarcity Took Root I have always been driven by my inner poor kid. I’m proud of her. While some people’s scarcity mentality causes them to get overwhelmed and stuck in inaction, my inner poor kid insists on action. She caused me to get over shyness...

If 2020 (and 2021, too!) has been a tough year for you, you are not alone. Today I wanted to share a story of career resiliency from one of my clients—let’s call her Mika—who had a hard 2020 due to the pandemic. It’s not an easy story. But there’s a...

The rise of remote work around the world has many of us working from home while watching kids or maybe facing a major transition in what the day-to-day looks like. Yet, while we may be physically separate, we don’t need to be emotionally isolated. Here are nine of my favorite...

Big Leaps Don't Require Big Plans Some of the biggest transformations in my career and in others’ came from actions that took only five minutes. See, I’ve never really connected with the conventional time management advice that says you should put together a project management plan and decide on every...

Recently (and totally surprisingly for me), I was struggling with resistance towards setting goals and clarifying my desires. But before my goal-setting impotence set in, I had a big goal I’d been working towards for years that I just hadn’t accomplished. What Failure Teaches You on the Way Realizing just...

Ever have a nagging sense that you’re “falling behind” in your career path? Find yourself watching others in your company or field, comparing your success to theirs—and then getting mad at yourself for it? Comparing yourself to others is a common career challenge I see with the women I work...