I’ve been talking in front of groups for decades, and in front of virtual audiences for years, but there’s something different when there’s an actual camera in my face.

Before my layoff, I’d take vacation time (and still work…my choice…check out my pre-2022 posts) and I’d love every minute, but there’s something special about not taking vacation time and working from the beach.

Sometimes Making Flex Work means reserving a study room in a south Georgia library to teach a class. That’s what it meant for me last week when I got the opportunity to join my husband on a trip to Tallahassee to watch some college football.

It was sunny 3 minutes before halftime when my husband went to grab more snacks (to beat the halftime rush) but then the weather took a turn.

I like to be in control. I like when I can plan ahead. I like when life is predictable. But that’s isn’t always in the cards (from my life or as a leader).

When I get a new team member, a new client, a new teaching assistant, or my children make a a new friend, I try to build an authentic relationship.

What can you learn from Pablo to be a better leader or employee or to manage your brand?

What’s your why? My why came when my now teenage son was just an infant and I felt like I was failing at everything.

Making Flex Work is about the ability to be the places you want while still delivering what is expected of you.

Treat everyone like a customer - it’s a lesson I try to remember and it looks like it is rubbing off.

In my house we are in the season of chaos…it happens each year between winter and spring and we are fully in it right now.

This is something say so often that my husband put it in our shared notes app.

If you love what you are doing, it takes a lot to burn you out.

I love a good plan. I’m an engineer who chose to go into project management, so even my plans have plans…

It's very hard to build a puzzle if you don't know what you are trying to put together. That's why the picture is on the front of the box.

Careers aren't like the ladders on the cover of most career books, they usually require a map so you can choose your own adventure.

“I didn’t think it was possible to pack 12 years into 3 crates, but apparently it is.”

Sometimes it’s up to you to rewrite the story. For me, I hope to rewrite the story of a building at Georgia Institute of Technology that caused me great stress as a student.

It can be scary, isolating, and lonely to be one of “the few” but for those who can find their voice, their confidence, and their place in the absence of a crowd, the reward is worth it.

The end of summer and the return of school means changes for lots of families. In my house, that means that our evenings are now full of activities instead of time with friends in the pool. It also means I am out of the house for a full day twice a week …