There’s nothing like plotting sick burns in workplaces.
Last month, a client told me two things about her boss:
- The boss regularly complains that no one does as much as she does.
- The boss will never allow others to fully take over any project.
“This sounds like a therapy issue,” I said. “For your boss.”
“Maybe the team should pool our money and give her a therapy gift certificate.”
Then the conversation descended into all kinds of shady, passive aggressive gift ideas for bosses. Sigh! What a journey it is, to work with other PEOPLE!
As the earth continues to spin as if it’s a little dumb and very drunk, I want to encourage people in leadership positions to think of the future. Generations are coming up behind you. How are you preparing them to step into your shoes? How are you preparing to step into new opportunities?
It’s hard, I know. We all like to be needed. But the impact you could have as a leader who empowers others is SO much greater than the amount of work you, yourself, can get done. Lift your eyeballs and share the responsibility – the future is worth all our our investments.
Equity Scholarships for Feb training
Every So Now You’re a Manager cohort includes 1 SNYAM Equity Scholarship. The Scholarship covers the price of the SNYAM ticket, is designed to reduce inequity in leadership trainings and welcomes individuals from underrepresented groups to the SNYAM community. This includes, but is not limited to: Black people, Indigenous people and other people of color, people with disabilities, marginalized genders, LGBTI+.
Interested in attending a manager training this year? Apply here.
Interested in attending February’s SNYAM but don’t need the scholarship? More details and tickets here.
Book Tour – come say hi!
Know what would be so cool? To say hi in person. Hit me up at one of these book tour stops!
1/15, 7pm (Arlington, VA)
One More Page books
1/18, 1pm (Milton, PA)
Art Academy of Milton
1/25, 5:30pm (Reston, VA)
Reston Used Bookshop
2/4, 7pm (NYC)
Mary O’s bar
2/17, 7pm (Washington D.C.)
Shaw’s Tavern
2/26 (Philadelphia)
Location TBD
Today is my book’s release!
Whaddaya want? A book to keep you company? An excuse to laugh? Cry? The backstory to the So Now You’re a Manager training? You wanna meet a few badass neurosurgeons? Find out what it’s like when surgeons open your skull? Believe in something and then unbelieve and then believe again?
You wanna relive Covid? The CA wildfires of 2020? You wanna get some perspective on your to-do list? Resonance with the challenges of parenting? High fives when it comes to taking risks? A feisty scene with a dumbass neurologist?
I got you, I got you, oh how I got you. I Believe in Everything is now available wherever you want to buy it:
- Bookshop.org
- Barnes & Noble (including ebook)
- Your favorite indie bookstore
- Amazon (including ebook)
Thank you for all the book love so far. I hope this book is an antidote to a troubled time; with this story, I’m rooting for all of us.
xo Jen
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