Category Archives: Career

I recently received a letter from a reader about what I know is a common career dilemma. This reader wrote that she was moving up …Read More

Every year around this time, I read articles about how companies are moving away from annual performance reviews. Yet a lot of places still do …Read More

Back in 2018, I reviewed the book The Ambition Decisions for the Wall Street Journal. This book (which I had mixed feelings about) surveyed the …Read More

Various labor studies have found that, over the past few decades, the proportion of workers claiming to do at least some of their work form …Read More

One of the benefits of tracking my time is that I don't need to have those conversations with myself that go "hey, didn't that happen …Read More

The Wall Street Journal ran my review (paywall, sorry) of Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace's new book, The Ambition Decisions, on Tuesday. The authors -- feeling …Read More

Bosses get a bad rep, but let's pause for a moment to empathize. Managing people is difficult. You're trying to use whatever tools you have …Read More