How to Land a Paid Board Position

How to Land a Paid Board Position

High-performing executives look beyond the C-suite, with their eyes on an even bigger prize: paid board positions. Executive leaders tell me they seek board roles as a way to stretch their skills, take on more responsibility, and discover new challenges. They also see...
Emotional Language on Professional Social Media

Emotional Language on Professional Social Media

LOL, can u believe we’re chatting about this on LinkedIn? It’s so fun! Don’t you just LOVE this topic? It’s real. 🤣🤣🤣 OK, enough with cute talk. In all seriousness, is there a place for emotion on your professional social media presence? When you send a text, or post...
Eat Your LinkedIn Frog

Eat Your LinkedIn Frog

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain   Motivational speaker and writer Brian Tracy elevated Mark Twain’s “Eat the Frog” quote...
Social Leadership During a Crisis

Social Leadership During a Crisis

When it feels like there’s no right thing to say, should you say anything at all? That’s the situation we were in last week with the riots in Washington, D.C. I live several miles from the Capitol, but proximity didn’t matter when violence came to that iconic...
Ross’s Sofa and Other Lessons Learned from 2020

Ross’s Sofa and Other Lessons Learned from 2020

When I think about 2020, I think about a scene from the sitcom Friends. “Pivot,” Ross Geller screamed, “Pivot!,” as the coffee house gang struggled to carry an oversized couch up a tiny, apartment building stairwell. Things did not end well for the couch. 2021 is not...