The Intersection
The way we work, grow, and succeed is changing. I’m here to explore what that means for you and your company. This blog is a collection of insights, strategies, and reflections designed to help individuals take ownership of their career and life and help companies create a space where team members thrive.
I pull from books, podcasts, research, and personal experiences to uncover practical ways to stabilize, grow, and thrive in today’s evolving world. If you’re looking to create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for your career or the company you are part of, this is the place.
Let’s build something great—together!
The Shifting of Retiree Benefits
We all age. We all have a need to ensure we have the finances to support ourselves in our later years. Yet, over the last several decades, small changes have been happening that have slowly shifted the savings burden over to employees. The changes in industry,...
What Is Your Marketing Stack?
Believe it or not, most of us have a marketing stack these days. This is the set of tech tools we use to communicate. As an individual or as a business, we all have them. A simple individual stack might look like Microsoft, Google, and Instagram. Companies can have...
Why Meet?
I heard an interesting rule for meetings. The only reasons to have a meeting are to decide, debate, discuss, and develop. The item that is overused and rightfully missing from the list above is update. Professional days get quickly filled with status meetings. The...
Weekly Summary – 4.4.26
Over the last 5-7 years, I started to pay deeper attention to my time and energy. Understanding where time was going (at work and at home), noticing when I had energy and when I felt drained. I realized that there were several ways I could understand my personal...
Make Some Magic
For me, magic has always meant a trick or a supernatural power. However, recently the other definition of magic has been in front of me. The idea that magic is “a quality that makes something seem removed from everyday life, especially in a way that gives delight”....
Make a Chuck It List
On a recent episode of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, Joe interviewed Valerie Tiberius. She mentioned during the episode that her father suggested a “Chuck It List”. Many create Bucket Lists – for their life, their year, even their summer. However, I think we would...
Managing Energy at Work
I have written previously about the types of energy we have in our day. Based on our personal energy map, there are times we are better at different activities. Today, I would like to go to a level deeper into the activities at work. Mapping out the times during our...
Book Review: Big Trust
In my work, I spend a lot of time thinking about how people move from feeling stuck to feeling in control of their lives and careers. That lens is what drew me to Big Trust: Rewire Self-Doubt, Find Your Confidence, and Fuel Success. I first heard Dr. Shadé Zahrai on a...
The Second “Quarter”
With the first quarter coming to an end, it’s the perfect time to take stock of our goals. Check in on our accomplishments and celebrate the wins. Note what fell to the side and assess why those things didn’t happen. Maybe they weren’t a priority. Something was...
Weekly Summary – 3.29.26
Personal branding is a controversial topic. Some see it as being fake and building a persona of who we really are. Others see it as an integral part of our career and life. My perspective is different – we all have a personal brand. Some create it intentionally,...
Caring for Our Soul
The other day, I came across a quote that really resonated: “It is never too early or too late to care for the well-being of the soul.” - Epicurus Our soul. What is it? This quote got me thinking deeply about this question. When we reference our soul, we are talking...
How Do You Feel?
Last night I got sick. It came on quickly around 6pm and by 8 I was in bed. This got me thinking about how our energy (and plans) can be thrown off in a minute. In many ways this happens every day. Some days we are full of energy and others we wish we could just sit...
How Do I Want to Feel?
When we think about our lives, we may think about our feelings. How we feel about our relationships. Our job. Our home. Our health. Or any other area of our life. Often, we are hard on ourselves. We feel things aren’t where we want them to be. We feel bored,...
Dress the Part
What we wear can sometimes be a controversial topic. We say that what’s inside matters more than what we wear. Which is 100% true. Some consider clothes to be frivolous. Others feel they are an integral part of their identity. The clothes we choose send messages. A...
Personal Brand Perceptions
Our personal brand is all about perceptions. What people say and think about us when we aren’t in the room. Everything we do impacts those perceptions. And, for most people, those actions aren’t intentional. They aren’t processing the image they portray. Inside they...