We tend to be either part of the support crew or the main character. This holds true whether we work on a task, a project or a big transformation program.

Today I want you to ponder the question of where you typically find yourself and how much you enjoy and excel at the given role.

I want to share some thoughts on how I’ve come to experience and create happiness in my own life, what work has to do with it and why I’m very opposed to the popular culture perspective on what makes people happy.

It doesn’t matter what the things are you want to find time for – if they’re important for you, then it’s important to have a system that allows you to spend the time you want on those things that matter.

This week I want to share my guidance and recommendations for creating a portfolio that reflects your skills and interests and shows your personality, too.

A trend I’ve noticed in our data and tech industry is that we too often focus on hard, technical skills at the expense of developing and improving those qualities that makes us uniquely human and set us apart from others.

Plans are great for accomplishing your goals, keeping you on track and making sure you don’t forget an important step in the process.

Sometimes life has other ideas and throws you a curve ball and it’s up to you to be flexible, to ‘pivot’ and take a different path from the one you had in mind.

Have you ever found yourself thinking you can’t do something or don’t deserve recognition when you didn’t actually have proof that this is true? That’s your mindset getting in the way of you living your full potential.

I invite you to do an exercise to remove some of those mental barriers.

This week, I want to share a suggestion with you: set intentions, not resolutions.

It’s easy to make a list with a dozen goals you want to reach by the end of March, but is that how you should approach it?

Here are some questions to guide you in setting your intentions.

Merry Christmas to all my readers who are celebrating.

In that spirit I will keep this message brief and share a few thoughts you can use in dinner conversations as I will do this evening.

Yesterday, someone asked me ‘so what did you study to get to where you are?’

I want to reflect on the skills and attributes that really matter for our careers.

I’ve used coaching for my professional and personal life for the last 5 years and – informally – from the start of my career. I want to share with you how coaching can be a great shortcut to achieve your goals and how you can get started.

When you speak to an audience, you want to be memorable. You won’t do it with a whisper and hesitation. Here are my tips for using your voice and energy to your advantage.