You are very good at your job. You can feel your work is stronger than your title suggests, and you cannot figure out why the recognition keeps landing somewhere else.
I spent 25 years in leadership at Slack, Adobe, and Salesforce, in the rooms where those decisions actually get made. I watched capable people get overlooked for reasons no one ever explained to them. Now I explain them, and I help you fix how you are read.
I am the creator of the Stand Out Advantage™ and the founder of Next Level Leadership Group. New Yorker, married to my high school sweetheart, mom of three.
Why subscribe?
For 25 years I sat in the rooms where promotions, reorganizations, and hiring calls were decided. I know how those decisions actually get made, what the people in the room are weighing, and why strong work so often gets read as less than it is.
Every week I write about that gap, between the work you do and how you are seen, and what it takes to close it. Real reads on real situations, not motivational advice.
If you are good at the work and still feel like the system is not moving the way you expected, this is for you.
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A weekly essay on the career patterns I have watched play out firsthand: what is actually happening, and why you keep hitting the same wall.
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If you are good at the work and still feel like the system is not working the way you expected, this is for you.
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