Picture this: you've spent hours preparing for an executive presentation. Thirty seconds in, someone interrupts you. Your instinct says it's going sideways. It's probably not. I've been collecting insights from leaders who've sat on both sides of the table, and one thing keeps coming up: understanding how executives think is one of those unwritten corporate rules nobody hands you a guide for. You learn it the hard way, or you get lucky and someone clues you in. Here are a few insights worth keeping in your back pocket the next time you're in that room.

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Most of us have no problem recapping what we worked on over the year. Proving why it mattered is where the real opportunity is. In this final post of the advanced communication series, I share tips and real-world examples to help translate your work into clear business impact. It’s a practical skill that makes performance reviews stronger, exec conversations sharper, and your ideas far more likely to get a green light.

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That’s a wrap for 2025. In this final post of the year, I’m rounding up the topics that resonated most and sharing a free Year in Review worksheet to support your own look back. Consider it an invitation to pause before the calendar flips, reflect on what actually mattered this year, and get clear on how you want to show up in 2026 without turning it into an overachieving goal-setting marathon.

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How attending a women's executive leadership program at UC Berkeley resulted in the creation of Career Insight Studio - and an awesome resource for planning your best decade yet.

Continue reading Living Life on Purpose: Uncover Your True Calling with ‘The Decade Game’ at Career Insight Studio.