As the author of your story, you get to reframe those self-sabotaging stories so that you can control your narrative and tell new stories that connect people to you and communicate your value, your expertise, your leadership, and your brand promise.

If you have a “what’s in it for them” approach to answering questions like, “why do you want this job?” or “why do you think you’re a right fit for this project?” you aren’t bragging, you’re solving a problem.

Here it is: A masterclass workbook set of questions to use as your companion for getting over the stay-or-go career hump at warp speed.

Here’s a little Madlibs style script to use when your boss consistently hedges on promoting you.

Brain-science strategies for communicating your value and driving home the story of YOU.

The best endorphin-creating, connection-building, trust-generating story is one that is truly told and comes from our own lived experience.

People are dying to hear how your foibles became your teacher, or how your missteps transformed into superpowers.

Whether you’re interviewing for a new role, or leaning into a promotion—stories induce the listener to feel something, and to make a decision about you with their heads and their hearts.

Who are you in times of crisis, and what did you do in the intervening months to position yourself for this next right role?

But what if the Great Pandemic Pause—all this adversity—is presenting us with a yes-and instead of a yes-but opportunity?

Maybe you’ve noticed this trend in the news, social media, and workplace: that it’s time for us to stop conforming to the dominant culture (read “white, male”) and get the culture to conform to us. Well, part of not conforming is not apologizing for who and what we are. So how do we do that?

“So how did you end up at XYZ company?” and you make your way through that story. And then she asks you, “What experiences in life built you into the human being you are today?”

We women have ingested gender norms and promote them unconsciously, and sometimes consciously. Here’s what to do about it.

Making a career leap that’s a huge departure from your experience and education? Get your transition story down.

Bottom line, it’s all about you, your career story, controlling your narrative, and rising up.

Our lively and timely conversations are all about powering up people who are on the edge. The edge of action, the edge of complicity, the edge of giving up. And we offer them the fuel to get clear, get heard, get included, and take action to make a positive impact in this world. 

How to Nail the Staple Interview Question in Five Steps.

With no disrespect to the Dalai Lama, we don’t need dudes to tell us this is The Century of the Woman. In this #MeToo era, we’re living it. Forward. Backwards. Upside down. Inside out. The lived experiences of women in every corner of the planet are a mouse click away, and even where there is no mouse click available, our stories are being told and formed into positive action and change.  
 

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