When I stepped inside the PwC Houston office 22 years ago as an intern, it solidified that public accounting was for me. Unknown to me at the time, a high school accounting class would set me on a path toward public accounting. I enjoyed it and I was g…
As the Delta variant gains ground in the U.S., so too does the topic of reopening the office. In this time of uncertainty, many business leaders are hitting pause or delaying their return-to-office plans. In some cases, the focus has been incorrectly p…
I didn’t end up in Chicago on purpose. I grew up on the East Coast and lived in New York for a few years. When my wife graduated from law school, we were ready to try something new. We picked Chicago after living here for a summer because of the…
When it comes to retaining employees, it helps if your company is cool to work for. That’s certainly the case with FlowPlay, a Seattle-based video game developer. Even still, they’ve achieved a 0% turnover rate since 2018. The number is r…
Working from home can be tough, even though I like working alone with less distraction, I miss interacting with my colleagues on a daily basis.
One thing that has drastically improved my WFH situation? The group chat I have with some coworkers where we…
You know when you have a really good day—when you’re killing it at work or school, and you feel like your most grounded and authentic self? When you feel strong and in control?
It’s probably because your keystone habit came out to …
“Impostors don’t get impostor syndrome,” declares a headline in a recent blog post from now-unicorn startup Zapier. This is a great hook because according to a systematic review from the Journal of General Internal Medicine, up to …
At the beginning of the first lockdown, several of my coaching clients, who are executives or management consultants, began reporting a strange problem: They missed flying business class.
They confessed this to me only sheepishly, for they knew it was …
One day, Elsa Einstein, wife of the famous Albert, saw her husband wander over to the piano, jot down some notes, keep playing, then disappear into a room for two weeks. When he emerged, he had a working theory of relativity that would change physics f…
As many organizations welcome back staff to cubicles and conference rooms, employees have mixed feelings about the move. Some are eager to dissect the latest bingeable TV shows by the coffeemaker, while others will, apparently, pass up significant fina…
