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!
Social Introverts
Conversations about introverts are often confusing. Many people believe that introverts are shy. Or don’t like being around people. Anti-social. While extroverts are seen as the life of the party. The true difference between introverts and extroverts is how they...
Does Society Promote Jugglers?
I continue to love gaining new insight about myself. A great source of ideas often comes from statements Gretchen Rubin makes. While I feel like I know many of her observations, this one was new to me: “One thing that comes up in the workplace a lot is jugglers and...
Weekly Post – 4.11.26
A couple years ago, I started digging into a lot of shifts happening in employee / employer contracts. One of the areas I focused on was the shift of burden for retirement from government and corporations over to employees. This shift is continuing and is relevant to...
Daily Reading List
Information is coming at me from every direction. Newsletters. Books. Blog posts. White papers. Summaries from ChatGPT. I want to consume it all. Yet time is limited. Precious. A New Strategy So, I’m trying something new. Daily reading time. This isn’t for books; I...
Own Your Response
Life is full of challenges and changes. We plan and then the plans go awry. We go into conversations with one intention and they drift somewhere else. Amidst all the change, we can only control our own actions and emotions. In 2004, Jack Canfield came up with this...
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,...