It’s that time of year again. The seven day stretch of time that I attempt to shut off my cell phone, stop checking email, and let my backup handle my clients’ immediate needs. Theoretically I should be looking forward to this time with blisssful anticipation. In practice I become a a raving lunatic. If you’ve ever watched the […] Read more…
July 2012 archive
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marissa?
When 37 year old Marissa Mayer was named the new CEO of Yahoo, women everywhere rejoiced. – I know I did. Girl power! And when she made it public not too long after that she was also (gasp) expecting, the party died down and everyone seemed to have an opinion. But when she went onto say she’d work […] Read more…
Operational Alpha
Generally speaking I’m not the girl you want at your company-wide mandatory meeting. Chances are I will be late, I will be checking my emails the entire time, I will make fun of the speaker with my neighbor, and I probably will have to leave early. I blame it on undiagnosed ADHD. It really has […] Read more…
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Throughout my career and from time to time, management asks me to go through the exercise of filling out a professional version of the Cosmo quiz to figure out who I am and how to fix me – errr, help me reach my potential. In my twenties I found these “professional personality tests” fascinating. Mostly […] Read more…
Birthday Wishes
Birthdays are annual milestones by which we measure our life’s progress. We dread them, we embrace them, we celebrate them, and sometimes we try to bribe the office admin to not send out a reminder email to the entire office that it is our birthday that week. My personal favorite was my 25th birthday when me and […] Read more…