Knowing your breast density is important for early detection. It made a big difference in my prognosis.

Jackhammers and Hummingbirds represent different and valuable ways of approaching the world. For years, I dreaded career conversations and personal development plans. I always felt like the only one who didn't know what I wanted to do when I "grew up," so I'd offer some half hearted plan about wanting my boss' job- mostly because I sensed that was what I was supposed to want. It never landed well for anyone, including me. Then one day, on a walk with a podcast in my ears, I s

Years ago at Google, I came across Project Aristotle, their deep dive into what makes teams high performing. The finding surprised almost no one and helped almost everyone: the highest performing teams have strong psychological safety. Translation: they trusted each other. I thought about that recently in a session with a founder client. He's building a company and, for the first time, a culture from zero. Trust came up while he was negotiating terms with his cofounder, and t

Org charts can be negotiated. I keep seeing the same pattern with my highest achieving clients: the ones who come out of a reorg or a leadership change stronger than before are never the ones who wait to see what happens to them. They're the ones who get in front of it, prepared, clear eyed, and willing to have the conversation before the decision is made. Last week was a perfect example of it in action. One of my clients, a well respected leader in the AI space who'd recentl

Once a high achiever, it's not an identity we shed lightly- even after a career transition. I was at an event last week, talking with a group nearing retirement. One woman had just retired at the top of her game, and admitted her identity was completely wrapped up in professional mastery. Her question to the group: "What else can I master? Should I double down on racquet sports?" Like a lot of people approaching retirement, she's fit, sharp, and not ready for a "No-Go" stage

Living out my wilderness Summer dream. Well hello, it's been a minute. This Summer, working with my coach, I took the unprecedented step of taking a full month off. I wasn't experiencing burnout, yet it still felt like a huge turning point. The kind of step that summed up years of internal and external work. It was me learning how to dream again, and making those dreams come true. It was me giving myself permission to live on my own terms and trust myself. It was me choosing

Companies are telling people to "just use AI" but without psychological safety, time, structure or honest conversation, most people can't even figure out what that means for them.

A guided visualization to zoom out and get clear on the values that guide your decision making in career and life.

Leaders Multiply the Impact and Innovation of their Team working alongside AI. Middle management bloat is real. Even some of the biggest tech companies are among the worst offenders. But a recent article calling for the elimination of all middle managers made me stop and think. That's not a talent strategy, it's a misunderstanding of what good leadership actually does. If managers were robots overseeing robots, maybe it would make sense. But great managers aren't inbox-cl

Add in some fun at work. Nurturing a safe (and sometimes silly) team is what allows people to think more openly, take appropriate risks, and generate creative solutions.

Climbing the ladder in tech looks different now Lately, it feels like we can't escape AI at every turn. But honestly? We've been a version of here before. Internet. Mobile. AI. Three massive inflection points in my lifetime and in my career. Each one felt disruptive in the moment and each one quietly reshaped everything we thought we knew about work, identity, and security. Last week, I was sitting with a client who works in Big Tech. On paper, he's crushing it. But somewhere

Sharing my story on stage helped me remember that imperfections aren't liabilities but the very things that make us connectable as leaders and as humans.

💜This post is in honour of World Cancer Day.💜 This is a picture of me one week before I had a double Mastectomy for Stage 1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. It was also my husband's 50th birthday and we threw a BIG party for our friends and family. Little did they know it was also a good-bye party for my body and life as I knew it. I rented a beautiful dress and put my girls on full display one last time. It was an incredible night for the memory bank. I wanted to contribute to

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My Last Day at Google, June 2023 This one is inspired by someone I deeply admired as a leader at Google, Shankar Desai. I recently reposted his top 5 things he’d do differently if he was still an executive at Google. It reminded me that I made a deck (yes- habits die hard!) with 13 lessons from 13 years at Google just after I left. I am challenging myself to post 1 per week for the next 13 weeks on Linkedin- but here is the full download for those that like to move quicker

My husband's first startup coach included a book in his welcome package that would change how I understand life's most challenging moments. "Transitions" by William Bridges sat on our shelf for months until I finally picked it up—and couldn't put it down. This isn't just another self-help book. It's a roadmap for the difficult, painful, and confusing times we all face as humans. Too often, we get trapped in our own heads, unable to see the patterns or follow the steps that co

Don't wait- Write your own story Two clients got promoted this week, which reminded me of my spectacularly awkward journey to management. Picture this: A year out of business school, I happened upon my resume from my first job with the hiring executive's feedback scrawled across the top: "Smart and Cheap." Nothing says "executive potential" quite like being someone's budget hire at under $40K, right? But hey, I was learning! Unfortunately, I was also developing some career-li

“I am both the author and the reader of a fascinating story” -Jedidiah Jenkins I still happily coach or hold a volleyball whenever I can! The more I work with coaching clients, the more I see how transformative it is when we take time to reflect on the choices we’ve made—and how those choices shape the stories we tell about our lives. One of my own pivotal moments came at the kitchen table, with my parents and a university volleyball coach. She looked at me and said: "We wa