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Fall down, dust off, learn and move forward.

My youngest had a unique opportunity to re-define herself a few weeks back.

We all know that mentors and sponsors are key components for career progression.

As a leader, it is your job to build an organization that trusts each other.

Patty has a fantastic blog post about how you need to connect the dots for your team.

I’ve come to realize that most are reluctant to ask for help — and I’m noticing this has a huge downside.

Too often I see people confusing executive communication with telling executives what they want to hear.  This is especially tricky when you are communicating with executives several levels above you, and the opportunity is infrequent. You must realize that executives have a lot of people telling them what they want to hear, and most of &hellip; <a href="https://megbear.com/2011/11/24/establishing-trust/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Est

I was in a meeting a few weeks back and found myself thinking about language, brand and power.

You all know what a goal-focused person I am. Some goals I manage to accomplish in a week, others in a quarter, and some take years. 

I ponder this question a lot. In fact, I initially titled this post “Are you holding yourself back?”

In the last few years, I’ve been doing a lot of research on sleep.

This is possibly a pedantic point of view, but to me, the iPad is not a mobile device.

I have a suggestion for everyone who has picked someone that they want to be their mentor.

I’m not sure if it is my job in engineering or my background in economics, but I tend to notice patterns.

I get asked a lot about this — how do you manage to have a “big job” and a family?

I know I know, I’m blogging less not more these days.

When you work in technology and are inclined to study disruption, you will begin to realize that it is easy to be misled by trend lines.

You and I know that one of the things that defines me as a leader is my focus on the goal. 

You should put someone on your team who will watch for (and tell you) when you are wrong.

Ok, of course I’m not really a hater… more of a dis-liker…but there aren’t t-shirts for that.