On change, finding yourself, and the nature of love. #365books
Category: Change
If You Can Make It There..
Poor Zach Wilson. Everyone is on his case because he’s not Aaron Rodgers and the Jets are losing big. It’s Zach’s fault, they say, he doesn’t do his homework, he can’t read the field. (He really can’t.) But… But Zach Wilson is not the first top draft pick that has failed at the Jets. The …
I Felt Like I Had Lost My Voice
In 2017, I had just left a job where I had been a voice. I had been the voice of the people I served: listening to their stories, bringing them back to company leadership, turning them into action that moved the needle. I had been my VP's voice, too: writing his weekly executive blog illuminating …
Are you the cork in the champagne bottle?
I was chatting with someone a few week ago who told me they thought they were ready for promotion. I cheered them on and asked what skills they needed to demonstrate to put themselves in a position where they were the obvious candidate for that role. They replied that they were really good at their …
My Grown Up
Most people don’t know this but my name isn’t actually Libby. My legal name – used by tax collectors, doctors, and SPAM artists – is Helen. Helen is family name on my father’s side of the family, accompanied by a huge yellow diamond, the Helen Diamond, that I would someday inherit. Libby is short for …