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The Night I Learned What Servant Leadership Really Means
Years ago, in an interview for an analyst role, the hiring manager told me he expected me to be a leader. That confused me—I wasn’t interviewing for leadership, and frankly, didn’t aspire to climb some corporate ladder. I must have said something right, though, because I got the job. At 28, amidst a wave of…
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Don’t Follow Your Passion
It’s graduation season. Time to follow your passion! Why that’s the world’s worst career advice and what you should do instead…
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It’s Not What You Say in an Interview
What should you say in an interview to land that job? Maybe that’s not the right question to ask…
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Flip the Script on Your Job Search
It’s such a strange labor market– strangest in my working lifetime. Doesn’t appear the waters are getting any calmer I feel for people who’ve applied to hundreds of postings with nothing to show. Maybe your resume has gone into the abyss or maybe you’re a frequent silver medalist. You know… “You were great, but we…
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What Doesn’t Scale
I’ve been to a lot of funerals. Not once have I heard anyone talk about follower counts, bank balances, or 10,000-step streaks. We live in a world obsessed with metrics and optimization, all in the name of “scale.” The most admired companies have supposedly cracked the code: Measure what matters, remove friction from an experience,…