An email with the subject line, “Thank You!” stood out in my inbox. It was from Christina who I have mentored and coached over the years. It took me back several years to when Christina was in a job she didn’t like. Unsure of what to do, Christina reached out for advice. We brainstormed [...]
A few years ago, my team went through a reorg that split us into two groups. One half of the team was spun off to another company, and the other half stayed with me at Intel. With the change, all familiarity and certainty were gone. We were now knee deep in the unknown. It [...]
Mentors are one of the biggest accelerators to success. So much so that Donald Perkins, Chairman and CEO of the Jewel Companies said, “Everyone who succeeds has had a mentor or mentors.” While I’m sure there are some that succeed without mentors, there is no denying that having a mentor can provide a huge boost [...]
The Mindset Shift One of the top questions I get asked is, “How do you manage work-life balance?” It comes up in 1:1s, when I’m speaking, coaching sessions, and in everyday conversations. There’s good reason, this is a big challenge for those of us in technology. Tech companies are known for their demanding cultures, a [...]
Two kids take a math test. Both get a “C.” One kid looks at his grade and thinks, “I’m just not good at math. I don’t know why I bother studying.” The other looks at her grade and thinks, “I should have studied more. Next time I’ll study harder and do better.” Both have the [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since many of us began working from home full-time. Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a rapid change in how and where we work. We’ve moved from offices to working on kitchen tables. To setting up sit-stand desks, webcams, microphones, and backgrounds for video calls. Some [...]
Jeff Bezos rocked the world when he announced that he was stepping down as CEO of Amazon. Jeff founded the company in 1994 as a small online bookstore. In 27 years he turned Amazon into an unrivaled tech powerhouse selling over 350 million products and growing it to a trillion-dollar business. In Bezos’ email announcing [...]
Less than 10% of people achieve their goals. They lose focus, they become overwhelmed, they find excuses, and they give up. For the longest time the way I set goals was completely wrong. I had too many, they were ambiguous, they were too big, and they were incomplete leaving huge holes in my life. So [...]
Why is it that a person who can seemingly have everything be miserable, while another who has very little be happy? We all know someone who has all that it would take to be happy and yet are not. The friend who has so much, but constantly complains. The manager who is never satisfied no [...]
Intel hired me as an intern for the semester working as a programmer in the Information Technology (IT) department. At the time, IT wasn’t my passion, but I loved technology and the job sounded fun. What I soon discovered though, was that the more I made an impact in my work, the more I fell [...]
