I remember her words so clearly. “You’re an orange.  I don’t see many oranges in government jobs. Most of them don’t last.”
I was working for the federal government at the time, and yes, I was one of those orange misfits she was talking about.  A lightbulb went off at that moment (an orange lightbulb, I [...]

When I ride my bicycle to and from work, I take a meandering path that adds at least 10 minutes to my time. Instead of taking busy thoroughfares that travel in a straight line, I take out-of-the-way side streets, bike trails, and little paths nobody else knows about.  Through a graffiti-lined tunnel. Down a quiet [...]

“I appreciate the compliment,” I said, brushing it off, “but I really can’t take credit. The stuff you’re talking about happened at a grassroots level among the volunteers and had little to do with me.”
“Stop,” she said, interrupting me right back. “You need to listen to me. This organization has been transformed since you’ve been [...]

Moments ago, I spilled tea all over my desk. Fortunately, the only thing that got ruined was my certificate of completion for “Leading Virtual and Remote Teams”.  Frankly, it’s a bit of a relief that it got ruined, because now I can give myself permission to throw it in the recycling bin.
It’s been sitting on [...]

Yesterday afternoon, I spent a little too much time reading blog posts that were mostly about “reaching toward the better version of me”.
Since I’m in a bit of a transition mode, working on building a consulting business, I’ve been reading a lot of books, articles and blog posts about all of the things I should [...]