Business
It’s been over a year in my role as Chief Evangelist for A2 Hosting, now hosting.com. And I get asked often, “What is a chief evangelist?” Candidly, I don’t always know what to say either. So part of this post is for me and clarity. First, though, I want to say: this was not a position…
One of the new big things I’m taking on at A2 Hosting is team comms for our 800+ team that’s growing every day. “Communication is oxygen.” So job no. 1 is keeping our team INFORMED in a fast paced environment. Connecting weekly with our leadership in our CEO and COO and next our key leaders/influencers…
For the majority of my life, starting as a teenager, I’ve always liked work and have drawn deep rewards and fulfillment through it. After some deep reflection, including my 6-month “forced” sabbatical in 2021 (aka my burnout and crash), and the last year taking off my entrepreneurial hat and going to work for a company…
My business mentor asked me 15 years ago or so, What’s the difference between leading and managing? I’m idealistic I realize and admit … but I’ve always felt there is a stark contrast between Leading and Managing. I’ve seen when you do these two things well … magic happens. You free people to give their…
I got introduced to the RACI model last year by my awesome project manager Katie Richards and have appreciated its use in my work and in my work with others especially as the bigger team has expanded rapidly. “The RACI model is a responsibility assignment matrix that helps clarify roles and responsibilities within a project,…
I’m a real sucker for inspirational speeches from movies. And I was talking with an entrepreneur this week who is experiencing the downs of business. And I shared this clip. Here’s some things that stuck out to me with the inevitable lows in business and this clip. We ALL go through it if we’ve done…
My son was asking me about my career today and I always start it by saying “my first love was journalism.” What I learned in that spark of a career changed me. Helping those wanting to know … know more. To help share more about the things they cared about. My stay was local journalism.…
I’ve lived in my head for most of my life. The last four years, it’s been treading the path of diving into my feelings. The deep work has been all about feelings. Starting to actually feel them and not numb or void them. Then the work of processing them. And eventually accepting them. In the…
In the past, for over a decade, I was my own brand of business road warrior and it wore on me and my emotional and physical health. Translation: I mostly dreaded it. I didn’t like being away from my family. I don’t like airports. Airplanes are so uncomfortable. And living out of a suitcase for…
Recently I’ve been in a very good and healthy headspace to review my career so far and do some reflecting and, really, feel how proud I am of it all. This is who I was (or rather what I did) before riding the adventure of entrepreneurship for the last 15 years. But they all resonate…
