Insights

Thinking for leaders at an inflection point.

Essays on the internal dynamics behind career decisions - the quiet ones that keep capable people in place longer than they meant to stay.

On Drift

The Invisible Decisions That Give Your Career Away

No one decides to give their career away. It happens in choices so small you never register them. An audit of four, and how to take your next chapter back.

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What I’m Hearing Right Now

Six leaders, the same four sentences

Different people, different industries, different countries. The same few sentences keep surfacing, and each one is almost never about what it sounds like.

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On Being Recommended

Known for Nothing in Particular

Your network may know you’re good. That doesn’t mean they know what to call you for. Why breadth can quietly stop people recommending you.

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On Loyalty

When Loyalty Starts Costing You Growth

I stayed in a role long after it stopped stretching me - inventing complexity to feel needed. The quiet line between loyalty and inertia, from both sides of the table.

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On Visibility

Operationally Indispensable, Strategically Invisible

A client felt it before she could name it: busier than ever, but no longer in the room. Why being useful can quietly move you out of the decisions.

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On Waiting

The Version You're Waiting For May Never Arrive

Five reorgs and a merger taught me the difference between hope, evidence, and habit - and why the beginning you're waiting for is often one you're allowed to start yourself.

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