Career
What I'd Tell Myself at Thirty: The Career Advice Nobody Gave Me
The advice you need at thirty is the advice nobody thinks to give you. It does not fit on a slide and it will not be the focus of any HR training.
Mentorship
Career
Personal Board of Directors: Who Sits on Yours and Why You Need One
A company of one needs a board of five. Most senior people never assemble one and end up taking advice from whoever happens to be in the room.
Mentorship
Mentorship the Old-Fashioned Way: Why Coffee Chats Don't Work and What Does
The modern version of mentorship has decayed into a specific ritual: a 30-minute coffee chat, maybe quarterly, in which a senior person dispenses advice while a junior person takes notes. Both sides feel they've done the thing. The junior person gets to tell their boss they have a