Category: Coaching

The Managerial Promotion Underbelly: Side Order of Chaos
Coaching, Management/supervision, Professional growth

The Managerial Promotion Underbelly: Side Order of Chaos

you can’t let your focus get hijacked and expect to feel successful. Reclaiming control isn’t about hustling harder—it’s about refusing to let every ping dictate your day. When your day becomes one long loop of: start task → ping → approval → “quick question” → begin again, you feel wiped out. No one thrives in a job that forces a full focus reboot every few minutes. Continue reading The Managerial Promotion Underbelly: Side Order of Chaos

Job Hugging Confessions: still at my desk, still in denial
Career, Coaching, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Personal growth

Job Hugging Confessions: still at my desk, still in denial

Job hugging’s the workplace version of comfort food: familiar, filling, and guaranteed to leave you sluggish. Employees don’t love their jobs, but don’t see anything better on the horizon. They stay because the devil they know offers dental coverage, even though the spark that once made them excited about their jobs wheezes for oxygen. Continue reading Job Hugging Confessions: still at my desk, still in denial

When Your New Employer Catfishes You
Accountability, Business, Career, Coaching, HR/Human Resources & Operations

When Your New Employer Catfishes You

You thought you landed the one. The job listing flirted with you from across the internet—flexible schedule, generous pay, team that “feels like family.” The interviewers leaned in close, nodding earnestly, promising growth and opportunity. You accepted the offer, showed up on day one, and—bam, learned you’d been catfished. Truth and trust aren’t perks—they’re essential. Without them, you’re negotiating from day one with a partner who already broke the deal. Continue reading When Your New Employer Catfishes You

My Coworker is My Roommate (Send Help)
Career, Coaching, Conflict & communications, Remote work/Virtual

My Coworker is My Roommate (Send Help)

At the office, when a coworker annoyed you, you went home at night. At home, you’re already there. So, lean on gratitude: You don’t have to sit in traffic. You don’t have to microwave fish in a communal kitchen. And your “coworker” already knows how you take your coffee—and maybe even makes it right when you’re on deadline.
Remote work with a partner who also works remotely gave you both freedom—and the realization that “working from home” really means “living at work.”
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For Office Heroes/Heroines: The Price of Holding It Together
Career, Coaching, Personal growth, Professional growth

For Office Heroes/Heroines: The Price of Holding It Together

Here’s the thing about highly-functioning, competent, emotionally intelligent people:
They look fine. They absorb other’s chaos and hand back calm. They juggle deadlines, coach teammates, mediate tension—without making it their manager or coworkers’ problem. So everyone gives them more.
More projects. More problems. More pressure.
And when they finally crack?
Everyone’s surprised.
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