Have you ever thought about the Myers-Briggs of your organization? I worked with a company once that I thought was INFP. In M-B speak, if you say someone is INFP, that means that they tend to take their energy from within not from outside sources, that they rely on their own intuition more than data …
There is a danger that many women face, the danger of being indispensable. I see it at work, with women who say, “I have to do it myself. I’m the only one.” I see it at home, with women who assume the role of only caregiver. It’s a hard lesson to learn at work, that …
Several years ago, I worked with a woman who was very annoying. She micromanaged everything. She insisted on seeing every memo that I sent out that might possibly be implied to reference her department. I made the mistake of sending them to her and then she edited them by printing them and writing changes until …
Two days ago, I worked the election as a pollworker. Each time I do this, I learn something new. The last time I did this, I made friends with the other pollworkers and connected with at least one of them afterwards. This time, the experience was different. I was in a different polling place, with …
On weekends, my sister and I do jigsaw puzzles together. She’s at one end of the country, I’m at the other. We don’t schedule it much in advance just, do you want to puzzle today? Tomorrow afternoon? Ok. We put on Facetime and put the devices to one side so we can look at each …
