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Career Blog

As many of you already know, I started my career as the only woman software developer on a small team of guys. It was not a great experience for me as a woman in tech. I was excluded, ignored and...
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Recently, someone asked me how I became successful in salesโ€”and not just once, but in multiple roles, from software sales to recruiting and now coaching. Iโ€™ve always said thatย job searching, career advancement, or negotiating your next salary or opportunity is...
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I write a blog every week. It seems crazy to me that I’ve been able to do that since 2018. For the most part, the blog writing comes easily which is why I think I have been able to be...
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Lately, Iโ€™ve noticed a recurring theme with my clients. I know this because Iโ€™ve told pulled out the same analogy story more than once to different clients over the past couple of weeks. This is also something I blogged about...
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I have a great blog for you today if I do say so myself! I am obsessed with the podcastย The Telepathy Tapes. Hosted by Ky Dickens, it’s currently in its second season, but Iโ€™m still deep in season oneโ€”completely hooked....
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At a recent event, I heard a woman tell an inspiHERโ€™ing storyโ€”one of resilience, ambition, and, ultimately, transformation. The woman went from being a single mom on food stamps to a top executive at a biopharmaceutical company, working with high-net-worth...
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I would never have thought of myself as someone who did not own her achievements but, on a recent call with my coach, she wondered why most folks donโ€™t know about the fact that I have successfully built aย multi-million dollar...
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Just in case you have never visited an escape room let me describe it to you. You and your friends are โ€œlockedโ€ inside a themed room or rooms likeย Haunted Submarineย orย Zombie Apocalypse. You work together to find clues, solve riddles and...
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A couple of years ago, my daughter adopted a cat named Miso, which means I often find myself saying things likeย Miso cute, Miso hungry, Miso fluffy… But I digress. Hereโ€™s the real storyโ€”Miso is obsessed with my husband, Dave. Dave?ย A...
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I recently shared this story with the women in the InspiHER Tech 30-Day Get More Interviews Challenge. It reminded me just how powerful this one shift was in my sales careerโ€”and now I want to pass it along to you....
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