One of the themes I’ve wanted to address with Covert Leadership is providing moms tools to stay on her game. We are working on workshop tools, but I am also referring to physical tools to help us get organized. It was a topic of conversation with my sister last night when I called to wish […]
Author Archive | Agent M1
Are Politicians Mindful Leaders?
I was standing in the kitchen making my third espresso, which happens when I have a lot of time at home! While listening to NPR, an annoying interview was taking place regarding the fiscal cliff. When asked his opinion about the recent remark his fellow Republican had said about deficit spending, I was shocked by […]
Happiness is…
Happiness is, two kinds of ice cream. Finding your skate key and telling the time. This was a song I learned from my sister, when watching her at choir practice. I think I was in 8th grade. I remember being so dependent on Nina. I was the baby in the family. Fast forward and I’m looking […]
Learning to Dream
One of my favorite things to watch on netflix is Glee. Yep. I guess I’m what’s termed a “Gleek”. Funny that geek is no longer classified as outcast. It’s sort of understood that we all have an inner geek. Mine is music shows, broadway, old movies and now Glee. In one of the many episodes […]
Awkward Moments
The saga continues for a little longer – and hopefully we can put this all behind us soon. Two “past” clients reached to me. One saying she and her boss saw the email about my leaving and asked if it was their fault that I was gone. The second saying how awesome I was and […]
Bad Romance – But Mature Enough to Handle it
I supposed that at some point, it’s nice to focus on a culprit or antagonist in our professional lives to help with any self-denial that we might be the culprit ourselves. How many times have we been in a situation where we channeled bad feelings to someone in order to feel better? When in fact, […]
The Art of Second Guessing
Yesterday was probably my most stressful day at work. I felt others conveying strong messages and reinforcing an unshakeable vibe via their body language, and I felt flush and fearful of being fired. All day I was punishing myself for second guessing my value. Of course I was fine. I wasn’t being fired. I know […]
Over 40 and reinventing
When do we reinvent ourselves? I probably do every decade. And so I’m on my 4th decade of reinvention. In my industry, you probably only remain relevant until the age of 55. So I figure I’ve got a good decade to a decade and a half of this line of work, which is why I […]
When you have a solution, but no one is listening
As mentioned in my last post, I work in a culture that breathes polite. But what I didn’t say is that there are loyalties that run so deep where I work, it’s hard to build trust. If you’ve been following my blog, there are two human truths to Agent M: 1. Issues: She has insecurities every […]
Polite Society
I think a fine name for my place of labor is polite society. We are all really nice to one another, and when any one of us breaks the polite code of conduct, it’s frowned upon. The contrast is so different from where I was. So much so, that I need to stop second guessing […]
