Corporate America, as we know it, is very different from when my parents were in the workforce. And with technology being so woven into our daily lives, the future is ever changing for our children and their children. Yet in some ways, things don’t change as I scroll through the thought leaders at Fast Company’s […]
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Why it Takes Cojones to Use Boobies Out of Context
Did he just say “boobies” in an article posted to LinkedIn? (double meaning – it’s a sea bird. Yep, he was being IRONIC). I wonder, would I ever use that word in or out of context or would I need some cojones? A friend was asking me why I thought women’s equality was getting more media […]
The Funk I’m In
Earlier I blogged about how not to let unemployment get you down when you have no “company identity“. But I didn’t address how the almighty dollar can really impact your identity and self-confidence. It can cut right to the core when one is faced with a depleting bank account that used to replenish every two […]
Stupid-Simple Epiphanies
After a kickoff meeting with a startup client today, I realized something about my past that seems almost stupidly obvious now. I was uncomfortable in a previous agency job because the company’s brand personality was so different than my personality. Every time I was selling (or attempting to sell) our services, I was faced […]
Truth and Lies in Leadership
Remember that catchy title – Truth and Lies in Advertising? Well, it felt appropriate tonight when I was thinking about a comment my executive coach made last week. Agent M, he said, it’s hard to fathom, but politics rank as the first or second most important part of doing a good job. Ugh. So that’s […]
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, […]
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 […]
Covert Answers: Unresponsive Managers
Covert Leadership Agents respond to readers’ questions in the Covert Answers feature. Submit your question here. Hi Agents – I find myself in an awkward position at work. The company director (my direct supervisor) asked me to give him a report with compiled data from five technical managers, all of whom report to the deputy director (my […]
Being Too Good at Your Job, Episode 1
Fall is here, so it’s time to kick off a new Blog series. I know this has become a cliché for government workers, but I want to address something that is not always apparent in the corporate world, yet omnipresent nonetheless. Being too good at your job. This is episode 1. Out of respect to […]
Fixing the Un-fixable
By Agent M1 on October 15, 2012 in Riffs & Ideas, Tip of the Day, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
I have a friend, let’s call him Manny. Manny is a psychotherapist. The other day he was asking me about some of the common terminology in my field of work. When I asked why, he explained that his client was having some difficulties in her personal life, with relationships etc., and his assessment was that […]
