Career Transition

At 52, I had to start over. At 61, I know why. 61 years of life. None of it has gone perfectly. But I’m still here. Still standing. Still choosing joy. Here’s the path that shaped me 👇 23 – Earned my Bachelor’s in…

Weak leaders pass pressure down. Strong leaders provide top cover. For seven years, I worked as a defense contractor inside the Pentagon. One leadership principle stayed with me: Top Cover. It is the leader’s job to…

At 8:30am, I got laid off. At 10:00am, I still led the global launch. Not because the company deserved it. Because my team did. That day taught me something most professionals learn too late: Company validation is not…

We celebrate the person at the top. We rarely talk about those who got them there. The people who changed my career most were rarely the most visible. They were the ones who stepped in when things could have gone the o…

Nous fumions dans les bureaux. Aujourd’hui, nous expliquons ChatGPT. Entre les deux ? 📟 Le Minitel, les fax, les disquettes. 📂 Les armoires pleines, les fiches cartonnées, les tampons dateurs. 📧 Les premiers email…

Layoffs don’t have to be handled poorly. But too often they are. Posting this in hopes it helps even one company, or one person navigate it better. 👇 1/ If you’re an employer: ▪️Do it like a human. That means real sev…

Age didn’t slow me down. It finally set me free. At 56, I relaunched my business. Not despite my age, but because of it. My path wasn’t linear: ⏰ At 26, earned my Ph.D. ⏰ At 35, became a Fortune 500 Tech Executive. ⏰ …

Je suis difficile à manager. Voilà ce qu'on m'a répété dans tous mes jobs. Je suis difficile à manager parce que : - quand je ne comprends pas une règle, je pose des questions - je n'hésite pas à remettre en question un…

Si tu galères à trouver un job en ce moment… lis ça. Aux reconvertis. Aux « instables ». À ceux qui enchaînent les refus. À ceux qui n’ont plus de réponse. À ceux qui commencent à douter. 👉 Ce n’est pas toi le problèm…

Four hardest truths about growth jobs right now: 1. Most growth hires are brought in to manage decline, not create growth 2. Most growth roles are terrible 'opportunities' wrapped in great titles (CGO, anyone?) 3. Past…