Wisdom From The Field — If you could go back and share wisdom with your younger self, would you? Sometimes I say no, often I say yes, other days I could care less. It’s a funny thing raising kids and then living with teenagers. You start to remember acutely what life was like back then…

Applicant Tracking Systems Need to Be Upended — Over the past few months, I’ve had a wonderful experience partnering with a global organization and their executive team to recruit a new Managing Director who will be opening up this global firm’s first subsidiary office in the United States. While the candidate pool included many talented leaders well suited…

Building a Daily Practice in Uncertain Times — I’ve long been a proponent of daily meditation — but I’ve not been a long proponent of practicing it. This is true for so many of us. In earlier days exercise (running & walking) was my daily salve that served as a buffer and antidote to the stresses of modern…

It May Not Be What You Think — Remote work is everywhere. It exploded during the pandemic and now is a regular part of our global consciousness. Thankfully, blessedly — this is a good thing. Yet a funny thing happened on our way out of the global pandemic. Companies and leaders plotted ways for employees to feel pressured…

Can Anything Be Done About It? — Things are squirrelly these days. A friend of mine and I speak daily — we often ask each other — what on earth is going on today? Why are curveballs being pitched every week to so many people, unexpected happenings that require dropping everything, pivoting our focus to things that…

Never Forget What Brings You Joy — All my life I have been an observer. An observer of things, of people, of landscapes, particularly — of color and light. I received my first camera as a gift when I was in my teens a joy that inspired my love of photography that continues to this day. This…

Ways the Universe Serves Up Insights — I had a moment this week that gave me pause, but a pause in all good ways. It started off with an invitation to a group lunch by a friend. …

The Pandemic Revealed Painful Truths But Opened New Doors — Three years have gone by. Three years since the pandemic hit all of us in ways unimaginable at the time. In the early days of March 2020, there was so much fear. Fear of going outside, fear of being within six feet of anyone else, fear of groceries. Fear of…

A New Year Underway 2021 is finally here. Thankfully, there is light on the horizon. This light hasn’t fully illuminated our collective path yet, it’s shining in the distance, waiting for us to come toward it. At the top of this year, this molasses-like state of transition from pandemic to post-pandemic has the same…