Jill: An Expert at Managing Up Let me tell you about my former coworker, Jill. I hired her as a consumer insights & strategy intern years ago. During her internship she did some truly fantastic work – a comprehensive study, helped with an offsite, and brought a fresh perspective. But beyond all that, Jill was […]
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“From Out of the Mouth of Babes”… A few weeks ago I was eating dinner with my family when I made a mistake. It had been a stressful/long day at work; the kind where you feel a lot of sympathy for Bilbo Baggin’s comment about feeling “like butter stretched over too much bread”. I was adjusting to
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The Backstory Austin and I have always wanted to work together. We have similar careers in strategy and shared aspirations to one day write a book. While we agree there are a myriad of topics the world needs that have yet to be written (hence the Unwritten name), we decided penning a weekly newsletter would be
We Wrote an Article Every Week for a Year. Here’s What We Learned. Read More »
An Unpleasant Topic A few weeks ago one of our readers sent in the following question: “How do you fire someone when it’s not working?” This is a thorny (and unsavory) topic to tackle, but I think that’s exactly why it’s worth writing about. It’s a conversation we usually stray away from but most
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Deciding on a graduate degree, a horror GMAT story, and how to live off no income Many people wonder when (or if) they should go back to grad school. In my experience that decision is so clear that it hits you in the face in a way you can’t ignore. I had been working
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The key to defeating “Analysis Paralysis” is to run a series of very low-cost experiments that will reveal to us how we actually feel about a career option What Keeps Most of Us Up At Night… Last week I was on a call with a reader who had just been part of a massive
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Interviewing doesn’t have to be scary, especially if you follow the formula I had a good friend reach out and set up a mock interview with me. It had been 10 years since he had interviewed for a job… and he had one scheduled for the following week. He was rusty. During our mock
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Finding a good boss to work for is one of the best career moves you can make. So what do you do when you’re finally the one in charge? Intro Last month I wrote an article titled “Why Choosing Your Boss is Probably Your Best Career Strategy”. The key point was that a good boss
Most of us have had a crushing job experience at least once in our lives. Here’s mine (and what I learned from it) Feb 4, 2021 was perhaps the worst day of my professional life. It was the day my dream job slipped through my fingers. Here’s the story. After graduating from my MBA
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3 stories about discovering my values, not sending that email, and prioritizing people; all learned the hard way We all make mistakes, and I’ve probably made more than most in my career. Being vulnerable I’m going to share my worst 3 mistakes and what I learned from them. Story 1: Taking a Job without
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