At some point or another in your career, you may feel that your current job has no future, but that the prospects for finding anything better are also slim. This can be frustrating and depressing. It happened to me. There were a lot of factors that led to my unease and discomfort with my position […]
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OMG This is Scary!
Some colleagues and I were meeting about a joint project the other day when one of them confessed she was nervous about committing because it was something she hadn’t done before… she didn’t know she could do it well. I responded: “Everyone’s going to be uncomfortable at some point during this process. We all are […]
Intrapreneurialism
A co-worker emailed me this past week and said “I think this is you (copied from Wikipedia)”: Employee Intrapreneur “Intrapreneurship refers to employee initiatives in organizations to undertake something new, without being asked to do so.” [5] Hence, the intrapreneur focuses on innovation and creativity, and transforms an idea into a profitable venture, while operating […]
“I” Versus “We”: Is it a Gender Thing?
A friend of mine recently came back from a retreat for her firm’s women partners and shared some things she’d learned with me. One of the things she mentioned is that women often use the word “we” in describing accomplishments where men use the word “I”. I thought about this, and thought about myself. True […]
A Journey of Leadership – What does it mean?
When I took a course on Leadership at Harvard, I was like most of my student peers. THRILLED to be going to Boston. ELATED about having the Harvard experience (and on our resumes). EXCITED about the journey of leadership. But many of us were wondering what it really meant to spend a full week with […]
Introducing Agent S1
Hi there… I’m Agent S1. My colleagues and fellow agents have been working hard to convince me I have something to say. And they’ve finally succeeded. So, time permitting, I’ll find my voice and you’ll be seeing more posts and responses from me soon. A little background: I’ve worked in highly functional teams and in […]
