No matter what size organization I’ve led, whether it’s a team of 4 or 400 — I always provide the why. This has enabled me to become a very direct, transparent leader. Since it’s not something that comes easily for many leaders, I’m sharing my approach. Here’s 4 things to…

How you start your week sets the tone and energy. I’ve found book-ending my weeks with Monday Planning and Friday Recap to be extremely valuable to keep focus and achieve goals faster. On Monday morning, set aside 30 minutes to plan for the week ahead. Here’s my approach for Monday…

How you start and end your weeks will determine your velocity. I’ve covered the importance of book-ending your weeks with a Monday planning session and a Friday Wrap. Bonus points if you’re doing a Daily Review. …

I seek out feedback — not just the kind that validates my awesomeness (you need that, too) — but the kind that highlights opportunities. As you elevate in your career, it becomes harder to get real, critical feedback. I remember the first time I gave a CEO feedback, I received…

When you’re leading an organization, it’s easy to keep your head down and not realize you’re in a silo. But if you want to shape a culture of collaboration and innovation, working across the company to create connections is crucial to being successful. Here are 4 practices that will help…

In building design organizations, one of the hardest parts is maintaining quality at scale. When you’re a small team that’s tight on expectations and holding the bar, it’s easier to maintain an understanding of quality. But much like fostering culture, as you grow, keeping that bar for quality becomes a…

Batch process slacks and emails — it’s my productivity tip of the year. And if you really want to get the most out of Slack and move past the basics to increase your efficiency, I have some pro tips you’ll love. Here’s 4 Slack tips that will increase your productivity: 1: Use Reacji Channeler to pull content from across slack into specific channels. …

As a leader, it’s easy to let your calendar own you. The more you’re driving, the more things will expand to fill the void. Time is finite and each week you need to move efforts forward gain traction on your most important work. …

One of the most difficult senior leader transitions is moving from leading a function/group to showing up as a company leader. Leaders naturally have experience representing their team, and as they elevate become comfortable representing the function/group. Moving from managing others, to managing managers, to managing a function etc. are…