One Plucky Blog

Becoming a manager (or leader, for that matter) is such a moment of identity shift. Who will you be? Will it be enough? And have you royally screwed your career if you decide it’s not for you in the end?

How do you join a company with power? What goes into building relationships? And what should happen during your first round of 1:1s? I have some ideas.

Every day I coach emerging leaders as they move into managerial roles and I hear the same themes in all of our conversations: – How do I know if I’m doing well? – I miss being in the weeds of the work. – Humans are exhausting me. – I hear about the problems but I…

I’m training for a 5k. I told my 4-year-old a month ago that I was starting to practice running so I could run a race before the summer.“Are you going to win the race?” he asked. I told him no, that I wasn’t going to win and he looked sad. “Maybe you’ll win, mom! Maybe…