Category: Professional growth

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

The Roomba School of Management: When Everyone Looks Slammed but Nothing Gets Done
HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision, Professional growth

The Roomba School of Management: When Everyone Looks Slammed but Nothing Gets Done

Employee roomba: everyone performs work & looks slammed: syncing, circling back, touching base, aligning priorities, and actioning next steps. The problem? None of these verbs produced anything tangible. Meetings multiplied like rabbits while projects stayed in limbo. Like bouncing in place for your smartwatch. Continue reading The Roomba School of Management: When Everyone Looks Slammed but Nothing Gets Done

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

When You Can’t Turn Your Brain Off at Night
Career, Coaching, Personal growth, Professional growth

When You Can’t Turn Your Brain Off at Night

Dave’s not alone. For many, the brain stays logged on after the official workday ends. Their minds churn through unclosed tabs: unfinished projects, awkward conversations, strange vibes from leadership. Add in the background hum of AI anxiety, climate chaos, layoffs, inflation, and the occasional democracy-in-peril headline, and they’ve basically inhaled a cognitive cocktail that pairs poorly with REM sleep. Continue reading When You Can’t Turn Your Brain Off at Night