Reflections from Middle Management Hi everybody! And welcome to the start of fall! Football has returned to TV, pumpkin spice lattes are back to being the official “Drink of America,” and the kids are fully back into the swing of school while parents adjust to the new school year schedule. It’s an awesome time of…
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I am no Steve Jobs. I am no Jack Welch. I’m not even sure I’m a good leader. (Nah, just kidding. I think I’m pretty neat) But I realized a few years ago my dreams of becoming a Corporate CEO were probably a pipe-dream and may not come to fruition. After all, while there are…
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During a recent conversation with a mentor of mine, I was discussing a project we just completed and going through some self-reflection on how the project went. Did we accomplish our goal? Why/why not? If given the opportunity again, would I do it any differently? On this particular project, I wasn’t satisfied with the result,…
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Hi everyone! I hope by now you’ve all adjusted to either “life without kids in school” or “exactly the same as yesterday, but warmer”. In other words, SUMMER!! Easily my favorite season of the year, it’s half the reason we moved from the Midwest to Dallas a few years ago. (The other half was so…
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You’d think with a title like that I might be telling you about my first time performing improv. I’d share my escapades trying to find a joke to connect the word “elephant” with what was transpiring on stage. The crowd – half drunk and excited to be out in public with other adults instead of…
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Hi everyone! It’s April – which means hopefully nobody fell for an April Fool’s jokes this year. It’s a running tradition in my family to try and trick my Dad, who mysteriously continues to fall for something each year despite marking it on his calendar. One year I called him at 2:00am to tell him…
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It’s easily my favorite time of the year. No, I’m not talking about building an invincible snowman army (which is surprisingly difficult to do in Texas) or even failing to keep all those New Year’s resolutions I had no intention of sticking to in the first place. I’m talking about performance review time! Who doesn’t…
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Greetings everyone! The new year is finally upon us! As I wrote about last year, we’re about to embark on (or maybe you’re already dead-smack in the middle of) performance review time! This time of year often coincides with a significant increase in general malaise. In fact, studies have shown workplace illness rises approximately 45%…
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December is upon us…finally!!! We’ve survived the November elections and returned to normalcy in our daily life: Facebook posts about cooking recipes, pictures of cute kittens, and still wondering why our parents can’t figure out how to use social media. Ahhh, the good ol’ days. (Ok, so maybe we haven’t returned to those days yet.…
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Here’s my new sizzle reel! Sizzle, by the way, is a fun word to say over and over. Hope you enjoy!
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