Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. Two celebrities who died this month by suicide. I have nothing to add that hasn’t already been said. I have no advice for people who might consider suicide. All I have is a story of my friend who was here one day and gone the next because she, too, decided to […]
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It’s that time of year: NBA Finals season, baby! And that means all the Warriors, all the time. Full disclosure: my husband would like me to point out that I am a fair-weather fan. I prefer to think of myself as a post-season fan. Because if you don’t get to the finals, what’s the point?
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I quit my job last week without another one lined up. I am both incredibly relieved and terrified. Let’s start from the beginning. My family has been in this country for only two short generations and we believe deeply in the power of hard work and suppressing our emotions. Had it not been for the
As they say, people don’t leave jobs, they leave managers. We have all had our fair share of bad bosses, which seems to be more common than good ones. Today, I came across this really interesting graphic by Ximena Vinochega, which breaks it down beautifully. There are four basic buckets: Bosses that are hands-on
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The hardest and loneliest place to sit in any organization is at the top. We all struggle to climb the ladder and aspire to be the head honcho, the big queso, but nobody knows what you’re going through except for other leaders who are struggling with the same.Here are the mistakes I made as a
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about the challenges of being a female executive. I think it goes without saying that there is a double standard for female leaders. I often wonder if the challenges that I face as a leader would be the same for a male leader. I think that the art of leadership is
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I am fairly obsessed with my dog. He has become the furry center of my universe, but he’s hardly an easy-going type. For those of you who might know Lhasa Apsos, they have attitude with a capital A. Herein lies some of the leadership lessons that I have gleaned from my dog, Stevie Wonder. Make
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Ah, millennials. The mere mention evokes no limit of eye-rolling from leaders. We shriek, we complain, we reach for the nearest bottle. Like it or not, millennials are our newest workforce and we better figure out how to work with them.Like all change, it can be painful.As much as we want to complain about them,
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This morning, I was off to another meeting which I thought would be another typical meeting. Generally, my meetings are me talking to someone about Breakthrough while wondering whether or not they’re actually making a grocery list in their heads. I thought I was going into another one of those. Boy, was I wrong. I was meeting
To my dear readers (population 3),Happy new year! I hope that 2017 is better than 2016 which really sucked all the way around. Here’s to a better new year.Recently, I’ve been reading Tim Ferriss’ Tools of Titans which I’ve found to be really interesting and thought-provoking, despite the majority of the interviews being by white men
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I’ve had the great privilege of being an Executive Director for eleven years. In that time, I’ve heard it all, my darlings. The good, the bad, the ugly. The tales too terrible to tell and the nightmares that keep you up in the middle of the night. The moments of despair and the heights of
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img_9694 I have a friend whose name is Dodo. She’s 102 years old and a pistol. She lives half of the year in Florida and the other half on Long Beach where she flirts with the young surfers. When she’s in Florida, she says, “Rhea, I don’t talk to anyone. Everyone here is SO OLD.”There
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