Leadership Tips
Insights, tips, tactics and sometimes funny stories on how to accelerate your career and leadership growth.
All Leadership Tips
- Teach Me How, Then Give Me a Promotion — Every time my manager asked me to take on a larger role or additional responsibility when I was at Amazon my first response was always 'Sure, teach me how then give me a promotion'.
- 3 Tips to Drive Your Promotional Process if You Have an Ineffective Manager — Here are my 3 tips on how to deal with an ineffective manager when it comes to your promotion. Don't wait for your manager to drive your promotion—own it yourself.
- My Favourite Infographic for Life — A couple of years ago, I came across this image and it immediately stopped my doom scroll. I analysed it, printed it, and then stuck it onto my refrigerator.
- Navigating AI Disruption in Big Tech — When I left my leadership role in big tech three years ago, Generative AI wasn't a term we used. Now, it seems you can't look anywhere without Gen AI being used in nearly every industry.
- 5 Key Steps to Securing Your Promotion — Here are my five steps to follow to get that promotion you deserve. From role scope to delivering results, these are the steps that will set you up for success.
- Mentor vs Sponsor — I encourage you to list out your Executive Sponsors. How many do you have? When is the last time you spoke to them? If you don't have a list, it's time to create one.
- I Don't Even Want Bananas! — This weekend when I was watering my garden & pulling weeds I saw my pathetic little banana tree and it got me thinking about career goals we hold onto out of habit.
- Cultural Intelligence in Leadership — After working across 3 continents with Amazon (in the US, UK, and Australia) I learned that work ethic looked a bit different according to location and culture.
- Hesitation on Skip-Manager Meetings — One theme I keep hearing in my coaching sessions lately stands out: the hesitation around skip-level manager meetings. Senior leaders WANT to hear from passionate team members.
- I Want a Promotion, But I'm Stuck on How to Make That Happen — I helped countless leaders at Amazon get promoted or helped them get their team promoted and many of those first conversations started with this exact question.
- Do You Have a CGP? — When is the last time you sat down and reviewed your CGP (career growth plan) with your manager and let them know loud and clear what you want and where you're headed?
- How Hiring a Coach Can Help You Make More Money — Last week I spoke on a panel about something women don't talk about enough: how we build wealth and what happens after we start earning more.