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brought to you by a classic overthinker from GenX
Reflections by G
Honesty and Discomfort: Contemplation in Times of Uncertainty
What influence does lived experience, the passage of time and technology exert on the choices we make? This reflection takes me to some uncomfortable places.
Being Your Own Boss: Going Solo Takes a Team
Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 4: The long legs of advice, maintaing personal relationships and realizing it is a team effort.
Being Your Own Boss: The Busywork of Social Media
Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 3: How a lack of clarity about my business manifested into a wasteful and exhausting approach online.
Being Your Own Boss: Hidden Costs of Going Solo
Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 2 Hidden costs, what to spend money on and when to take the wait-and-see approach.
Being Your Own Boss: Figuring Out What To Do and How To Do It
Reflections on my experience being self-employed. Pt 1: Learning the difference between what you do, how you do it and the evolution of both.
On The Way to Leadership: Building Blocks of Opportunity
Reflecting on 4 building blocks of opportunity on the way to leadership.
Teachable Moments from Teaching
I’m supposed to be the one teaching, yet I’m the one who keeps learning. (3 min read)
Two Left Feet: Misadventures On The Road To Recovery
What connects The Shining, a wheelbarrow and a Russian folk dance? A comedy of errors while recovering from surgery. (6 min read)
Diversity: 4 Steps for Small Businesses to Get It Right
How small businesses can pursue diversity and inclusion on a tight budget.
Originally published October 2019 in Business London Magazine. (3.5 min read)
The Social Media Vortex
We need to make the most of our professional social presence but beware the vortex. It can trap you into wasting time & effort with a side of anxiety-inducing thought spirals. (3.5 min read)
My Wise Guy Story
Guy Kawasaki was looking for help. I took a chance, said yes and almost blew it. The lessons for this soon-to-be author were extraordinary. (4 min read)
Speaking Up Meant Standing Alone
Leadership means one day, looking around the room, waiting for someone - anyone, to do something, and realizing you are that someone. (6 min read)
Performance Reviews: I Broke The Rules & Put My Team First
I haven’t met a bad process I haven’t ignored…learn how I replaced the outdated 8-page performance management process review with just 2 questions. (4.5 min read)
How to Achieve Diversity in the Workplace
The inaugural Diversity Matters article. Originally published in Business London Magazine, July 2018 (3.5 min read)
3 Mistakes I Made as a Woman in Tech
I made things more difficult for myself by trying to ‘go it alone’, to prove that I deserved that seat at the table. Don’t do what I did. (5 min read)