I don’t remember where I learned that my job is to make my manager successful, but I think it may have been at McKinsey.  Obviously that wasn’t the entirety of my job, but it was an important part. I say this, because I’ve held onto this belief, and added to it, by also considering it…

I just came home from a run in 94-degree heat, so it may be the delirium that is getting me to write this.  But I think it’s more that I’m tired of second-guessing my blogpost ideas. I often think about People-related topics and my work experiences while running, and maybe it’s the runners’ high that…

I was recently asked to lay out a strategic planning process that I could potentially implement.  Oddly, I like doing this kind of thinking, so spent a few days mulling over what my ‘ideal’ structure would look like.  In my career, I have witnessed only a few such processes up-close, and recognize that the devil is very…