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!
Halfway Day Planning
Halfway Day is coming up next Thursday, July 2nd. The first half of the year will be behind us and we have half remaining. This is the perfect time to take pause, reflect, celebrate and set intentions. In order to take advantage of the day, it’s good to plan ahead....
Reframing Chores & Jobs
When we talk about work, we use words like jobs and chores. Typically, jobs are paid, and chores are unpaid activities for maintaining our homes. Within jobs and chores, we have duties, tasks and assignments. The tasks are ongoing work. Duties imply work are obligated...
From Proving to Improving
This episode of Self-Improvement Daily mentioned the following quote: “Stop trying to prove yourself. Start trying to improve yourself. One keeps you stuck performing for other people. The other keeps you growing for yourself.” - Fio Bros The statement immediately...
Time Capital: How Are You Managing Yours?
We often think of time as something we spend. But what if we started treating it like capital? A finite resource that deserves attention, intention, and strategy. Each day, we wake up with 24 hours. 1,440 minutes. That’s our daily time capital. No more. No less. We...
Weekly Summary – 6.20.26
Are You the Joneses’? I listened to a podcast that talked about creating our own version of financial independence and not working to “keep up with the Jonses”. This got me thinking about the phrase – the origin and things to consider today. The phrase originated...
Brain Breaks
I heard an interesting quote yesterday: “Your brain can’t work as hard and as long as your body.” – Omar Zenhom, The $100 MBA Show This got me thinking about our days and routines. Research has shown that our brains can do deep work for about 90 minutes. Longer times...
Do You Need a Tripwire?
On a recent episode of Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Gretchen & Liz discussed a “tripwire”. The classic definition or use of this term is a low-placed, concealed wire or device used to trigger a specific action, often a trap or alarm, when disturbed or moved. They...
Defining Our Values
The path to taking control of our career and life begins with a strong foundation. One element that creates the foundation is clarity on our values. In Gartner’s HR Leaders Monthly: April 2024, there was a case study that highlighted a process MACU uses to help...
Getting Picked
We all want to be picked. To be on the team. Get the job. Go on the date. Win the award. The list goes on and on. The feeling we get when we are picked is hard to describe. Yet, at the core, it validates that we matter. We are “right”. We meet the need that someone is...
Making Lists
Many of us have lists. To do lists. Grocery lists. To be read lists. Home improvement lists. Used to organize our lives. While I’ve written about the usefulness of lists, I’ve not written about the tools I use. I realize that much of our “personal work” is hidden from...
Weekly Summary – 6.13.26
Circles: AI Provides a Life Lesson Over the last month or so, I have been working more with AI graphics. I take an idea, framework, bad sketch, or even a written blog post and create a prompt that takes my raw materials and requests an image to represent the thinking....
Relax
When life is full, there is always something to do. The list doesn’t end. As one thing is removed, three others pop up. Sometimes we need to put the list aside. Step away and do things that we enjoy. My Perspective I always have a list. I love lists. There are...
Succinct
Early in my career (20+ years ago), I had a wonderful leader who shared a story that I still remember. He said he had a friend whose daughter was applying to her dad’s alma mater. She didn’t want to go there but was going along with his request. Her strategy was to...
Do, Don’t Stew
Several years ago, a colleague and I came up with a phrase for the year: “Do Don’t Stew” It was a reminder to us both to stop overthinking. We would analyze and rethink our approach without acting. We were stuck in the cycle of analysis paralysis. Looking for...
What is Introversion?
When we hear the word “introvert,” certain stereotypes tend to surface. Quiet. Shy. Reserved. Yet, introversion isn’t a single trait. It’s a collection of preferences, tendencies, and energies. Most of us live somewhere on the spectrum between introvert and extrovert....