Culture has long been a favorite corporate buzzword — along with “agile,” “diversity,” “customer-centric,” among other favorites. But these terms, over time, become so overused that we almost forget what they mean and how they impact us. They become boxes to...
There can be no doubt about one thing: we are on the brink of transformation, as a society. After the events of the last few months and the global pandemic being far from over, there is no “going back” to the way things used to be. What does this all mean for our...
Organizational efficiency ultimately requires alignment: across people, across data, across tools, and across KPIs. And alignment depends on timely, clear, and relevant communication. Problems show up when we rely on the human alone to enable this communication. Why?...
Let’s face it — job interviews are NOT FUN. As a career coach in DC, I see job seekers struggling with this all-important stage of getting a job, more than anything else. The problem is that most often in interviews, you’re meeting with a complete stranger who is...
Until this year, I didn’t fully grasp how much racism is enmeshed in our country’s DNA, not somewhere far away in Middle America, but often right under my nose. How practically every public school I have heard of has been named after a slaveowner. How the...
