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Build credibility, clarify expectations, strengthen sponsorship, and communicate professional impact.
Laid off? Your first two weeks
A calm, sequenced plan for the days after a layoff: what to do in the first 24 hours, the first 72 hours, and the rest of the first two weeks, with a runway worksheet, a search decision tree, and words you can use.
14 min read →Put on a PIP? Your first week
A calm, sequenced plan for the first week of a performance improvement plan: what to do in the meeting, the first 72 hours, and the rest of the week, with scripts, a recap email, a tracker, and guidance if you're pregnant, on leave, or managing your health.
13 min read →You're promoted! Now what?
A practical guide for first-time managers: the mindset shift, leading former peers, first one-on-ones, a team rhythm, delegation, feedback, and the hard parts, with templates and a reading list.
15 min read →Your first 90 days in a new role, or with a new manager
A measurable plan for building trust, agreeing on what success means, and delivering credible early wins, whether you're new to the company, inheriting a team, or adjusting to a new boss.
12 min read →Sponsors, not just mentors
Why advocacy matters for advancement, how to tell support from sponsorship, and a practical method for building relationships with people who may speak for you in rooms you're not in.
12 min read →The feedback you're not getting
A repeatable process for turning vague comments into specific expectations, telling useful feedback from bias or unclear criteria, and keeping a record that protects your progress.
12 min read →Future-proofing your career in the age of AI
Sort your work into automate, augment, or own, build AI fluency in 30 days, and become the person who brings AI to your team.
12 min read →From senior contributor to leader
Expert track or management track: choose deliberately, test each path, show next-level impact, and ask for the move.
11 min read →Communicate with confidence, manage relationships, navigate difficult dynamics, and influence how your work is understood.
When work feels uncertain: Act from hope, not fear
How to protect your reputation, build visibility, and create options when feedback is ambiguous or the company feels unsettled, while staying honest about whether the environment is responsive.
13 min read →How to talk about your work without feeling like you're bragging
A practical way to explain what you did, why it mattered, and what judgment you exercised, adapted for your manager, executives, promotion discussions, résumés, and recruiters.
12 min read →Speaking up when you're interrupted or overlooked
A response ladder for being heard and credited in meetings, with scripts at different levels of directness, so you can choose what fits your role, the relationship, and the risk.
12 min read →Managing up: Making your manager your ally
How to diagnose what's really going on with your manager, run a 30-day experiment to improve the working relationship, and recognize when it's time to stop compensating and seek support or other options.
12 min read →The Courage Playbook: Why fear holds us back, and how to take back the wheel
How fear forms, why setbacks feel like threats to survival, scripts for twelve real moments, fear-setting, an evidence file, daily habits, and a 30-day courage challenge to make you your own biggest cheerleader.
Playbook · 18 min read →Imposter thoughts, and how to tell doubt from a genuine gap
How to tell self-doubt from a genuine skill gap, build an evidence file that goes beyond affirmations, and use a courage ladder to act before you feel completely ready.
11 min read →Women who went first: What courage looks like in practice
Seven women leaders who felt doubt and faced barriers, and prepared, asked, and showed up anyway. Each story links to a tool you can use today.
9 min read →The Boardroom Playbook: Presenting to executives and boards
Lead with the answer, build a story they can follow, handle tough questions, recover when it goes sideways, and follow up, with six templates.
Playbook · 20 min read →Building visibility beyond your company
Choose your theme, make LinkedIn work, share what you know, speak and write, and build relationships that open doors.
11 min read →Make deliberate decisions, protect your time and boundaries, decide whether to stay or leave, and build options.
Should I stay, or should I go?
A disciplined way to decide whether to grow where you are or move on: name the problem, test whether it can be repaired, separate hope from evidence, and plan a transition either way.
13 min read →Saying no without guilt
A four-option menu for responding to requests, scripts for managers, peers, senior stakeholders, and work that has quietly become yours, plus an audit of the invisible work that may be displacing what advances your career.
11 min read →Wrong job, or wrong career?
How to tell whether you're in a bad fit or heading in the wrong direction, separate what drains you from what you're good at, and test a change before you make it.
12 min read →Coming back strong: Returning from leave
Prepare before you go back, hold the re-entry conversation, set boundaries that hold, and rebuild momentum after parental or caregiving leave.
12 min read →Coming back after a career gap
Explain your gap with confidence, refresh your résumé and skills, reactivate your network, and answer the interview question in 30 seconds.
11 min read →Recognizing and recovering from burnout
A self-check, the six sources of burnout, scripts for your manager, and practical ways to recover your energy.
11 min read →Turn earning power into financial resilience, informed decisions, and greater freedom to choose.
Your career is one of your biggest financial assets
For many professionals, earning power is one of their most valuable wealth-building assets. How pay decisions can compound, what the math does and doesn't show, and an annual check-up to put it into practice.
12 min read →Build your freedom fund
Why a cash cushion gives you career choices, how to decide what's enough for your circumstances, and several ways to start, whatever your income or situation.
11 min read →Understanding your equity: What it's really worth
A plain-language guide to RSUs, stock options, and vesting, with questions to ask before you accept an offer or leave a job, and the tax basics that catch people by surprise.
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