INFJ: Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judgement. Over 20 years ago a company I worked for asked the employees to participate in a Myers Briggs assessment, and I spent years ignoring the actual evaluation. I had zero interest in someone classifying me into four letters. My feeling was that no test...
A Boss vs. Employee occurred in front of me the other day, spewing out of an office, into an open workspace. Classic. I have not only been here, but I was both the boss and the employee at different times. Brings back so many memories of how much I needed...
Throughout the years, my very own cycle of sleep will drive the hours within a day that I can anticipate being productive. Some months I sleep very little, waking at insane dark hours to jump into the office and start the day, other months a 1000 start is excellent, with...
A few years ago, I worked with a particularly out of touch CEO, one who experienced a high employee turnover during the previous 12-months. It still baffles me how proud that they were about cleaning house, and the thorough justification I received for each round of exits. While explaining how...
WOW. Facebook reminded me that 6-years ago, today, I caught a red-eye flight that ended up putting a detour in front of my vision of the future. The picture is from the day I departed, while I was running around sunny San Diego on my bicycle. Many friends didn't know...
The week started in Bangkok, finishing up an epic two-week trip that allowed me to explore new opportunities throughout Asia. Days before the flights back to San Francisco, I mapped out the perfect plan to transition back into the Pacific Time Zone with zero pain. There was the layover in...
One day I was faced with an audience that didn’t know who I was and I was taught a harsh lesson - I had been running ineffective meetings for years. For years, I had observed my bosses and proudly followed the meeting practices that they delivered with each meeting. I...
In my twenties, I was ready to conquer the world and thought I knew everything that came my way. Growing up in the family business, I had watched and absorbed business operations and customer service for years. I had seen everything possible working with my Dad, or so my young...
Not long ago I experienced what many would see as a setback, being asked to exit the building, leaving behind my position managing a Silicon Valley company. It was a quick 5-months and I have not put the company on my LinkedIn profile for a few reasons. Now, don’t get...
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