1 day agoRich & Sad“NO such thing as a life that is better than yours, no such thing, no such thing.” — J. Cole. One of the most profound statements in my 23 year professional career came from a client who sold to Alibaba — in a pretty big deal, all over crunchbase etc…Entrepreneurship4 min read
May 6The case for Manager Branding vs Employer BrandingYeah, we’ve all heard that one and most of us believe it, but how many of us have flipped it? “Employees aren’t attracted to companies, they are attracted to managers.” Sure companies matter a ton! A company provides the environment for a manager to operate within. But what about manager’s role? I, as CEO, make the environment — but the…Hiring5 min read
Jan 3Finding Mentors: Do you want to feel better or get better?I read this passage in Thinking in Bets about creating a group that was built to make each other better at poker. When one player brought up how unlucky they had gotten, another would nod in assent as a prelude to telling their own hard-luck story, which, in turn, would…Mentorship7 min read
Dec 20, 2021Peace out Comparison culture. 8 hours of deleting my Instagram one photo at a time.TLDR — There’s power in knowing when you are bullshitting yourself. The only way to get better at that is to occasionally take a step back and look at what put out in the world. When is the last time you asked yourself: “Why did I post that happy anniversary…Instagram5 min read
Aug 30, 2021In a pandemic your support systems determine your level of “struggle”Every week at Seer we ask people 1 question: What are you most proud of accomplishing last week. We implemented this for 3 reasons: As a company gets bigger it gets harder for us to stay on top of the great things people do. It gives everyone’s work equal opportunity to have their work seen. Culturally it serves as a reminder that we WANT you share your successes…Parenting5 min read
Aug 13, 2021I’ve been turning “tough jobs” into fun since I was 12“Business is my hobby” by Gary Vaynerchuk resonated with me 4 years ago when I first saw it. I hustle. I’m unapologetic about it. When I tell people how much joy I find in my work and so often the response is “well yeah now that you have a big successful company and people to help…Work5 min read
Jul 1, 2021Find your praise “blind spots”How do you know if you have praise bias / blind spots?? Many years ago, I read the book 1001 ways to reward employees and one example that stood out to me was this one. This is part of how you can make recognizing your team’s work a habit. You…Management3 min read
May 17, 20215 years ago I got weird response to an offer & learned a sad truth about interviewing while pregnant.I had been trying to recruit Lisa for 5 years and the timing never worked out. She’d bring her team to the “search church” for our community events to network and learn year in and year out.Working Moms5 min read
May 3, 2021Thank you for firing me- 9 years laterManagers, firing sucks. It does, we do it hoping it is the best end state for the company and the individual. A good manager wants to see someone win, but a good manager also knows when someone isn’t going to win at this time, in this company, that it is…Culture3 min read
Apr 29, 2021Stop apologizing for someone in your zoom backgroundWhy I don’t use blurry backgrounds for Zoom Yesterday I has a team show and tell on some new power bi data I was visualizing and I saw someone had a TON of hiking gear in their background and when I said “woah you are a hiker” their response was “yeah I probably need a better background.” To…Work3 min read
