coaching for clarity and courage
I re-watched Star Wars this weekend, and I noticed two things: The Empire Strikes Back is the plotty heart of the trilogy and we should all stop ignoring it in favor of farmboy Luke on one end and Ewoks on the […]
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Boniface Mwangi is a Kenyan activist. He’s also a TED fellow, which means I’ve spent a decent amount of time with him. We were in Brazil for TED Global a couple of years ago, and he told me something I’ve […]
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Lifehacker suggests asking for a reference letter when you leave a job. Because they think it’s 1973? No one uses reference letters anyone more. Having them won’t get you a job; it will make you look ridiculous. Career advice that […]
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After yesterday’s post about the high school boyfriend and magical strangers, I feel the need to remind you I’m a responsible professional. As evidence, I will point you to UN Dispatch, where I write weekly on global health and international […]
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Shannon Maybe all my talk about brave gets on your nerves because the grammar isn’t right. Maybe you don’t agree with my feeling that we’re working in a broken system. Maybe you want someone who has mostly coaching experience, not […]
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Presence matters. Speak clearly and with confidence. I go into this interview on your side. I want every candidate to be awesome. I want to buy what you’re selling. Sometimes, we don’t find what we want, even several interviews. If we […]
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Seven or eight years ago now, I was living with my parents (and husband, and son) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. I’d been an expat long enough that I could open a can of beans with a paring knife, but my mom […]
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Networking isn’t about the people you know well. There just aren’t enough people you know well. It’s about the people you kind of know. The colleague from another department three jobs ago. The intern you supervised in summer 2004. A […]
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One of your posts said that interest in community development is too general, and I agree, but how do I figure out what I’m interested in? Especially without direct experience? The honest truth is I care about all aspects of community […]
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The start of my very first overseas trip as an aid worker, in 2007. I’d done plenty of development work at that point, but this was my first foray into humanitarian response. This is an excerpt from my journal at […]