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Use Your Paid VTO

Paid volunteer time off is a special benefit in some corporate roles.

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🚀 Big career announcement!

Today, I’m proud to take the next step as an L&D Program Manager, ready to lead programs that empower others to grow.

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Five Pillars of Healthy Living

There are 5 pillars to improve physical and mental health and your career isn’t one of them.

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Severance and Corporate Nonsense

I just finished season two of Severance and the corporate metaphors are way too real.

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Professional and Personal Identity

Do you have a work self and a personal self? I absolutely do. 

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BAU and Flexible Work

In the corporate world, it’s often Business as Usual (BAU) during stressful or chaotic times. This can only be achieved successfully with flexibility and trust at work.

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Corporate Benefits: Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Transitioning teachers might be unfamiliar with some of the financial benefits of working in the corporate world.  One program I recently started participating in is the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Layoffs are Senseless

Can you do anything to prevent being laid off? Over the last year it’s become clear to me that layoffs are not based on professional merit.

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Remote Work and Individual Contributors

I’ll start with this: in-person office work is better for bosses.

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Where Does Customer Education Belong?

Customer Education departments can fit into many branches of a company.

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