When You Say No… It’s Ok
Be sure, be very, very sure, but also, as we discussed last week, Don't Lose Yourself. When your body is screaming, and if you have the strength, tell your team,…
Don’t Lose Yourself
Working in corporate America can be really great or totally terrible. It seems like it's stable and safe, but can leave you wide-open and vulnerable. It's at once a gift…
Yes, I’m Following You
I'm a podcast fiend, and, from what I'm told, friendly folk. (Stay with me, it's about to come together.) I'm super sensitive to words, as you may have guessed. As…
This is not a Wordle Game
For the last few months I have been pondering the word, Sorry (the saddest word, according to Elton). This comes after I read something on LinkedIn that women tend to…
Enticing the Young Ones
There's something about walking into a radio station and settling into the studio for a live show. Whenever I can, I visit client stations, just so I can tour the…
Negative Feedback Doesn’t Have to be so… Negative
I had what I thought was a great relationship with a colleague. We'll call them Linus. Linus assigns me work and I accept or deny. It's a great, open relationship,…
Scorn
If you've been on any dating apps, you've likely been ghosted (read: shunned). I've written before about being ghosted in the professional sense, by would-be clients seemingly interested in your…
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Confrontation or Enjoyable?
Years ago while I was in a department store, chasing my then toddler from underneath the turnstiles, someone said, "I know your voice". Uh-oh. A quagmire. Embarrassing, but flattering. I…
Don’t Demean Me Bro
When you're talking to a potential partner, associate, vendor, or employee, for all that is holy, please don't call them "Missy". I am the owner of a company so I…
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What’s Your Name?
Today I was looking for some business people to connect with and noticed an inordinate amount of businesses titled with only the owner's name. Joe Shmo Consulting and so forth.…