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Alright, let’s get real for a second. Saying “no” at work can feel like a high-stakes game of Jenga—one wrong move and the whole tower could come crashing down. Especially in software engineering, where the requests come flying at you faster than you can type. But let me drop a truth bomb: saying “no” isn’t…

Let’s be honest—feedback has a bit of a PR problem. For some reason, the word “feedback” makes people nervous. Say, “Can I give you some feedback?” and you’ll see a wave of dread wash over their face. Why? Because we’ve turned feedback into this big, scary thing when really, it’s supposed to be a tool…

Building team chemistry in a remote work environment can feel like trying to find your way through a maze without a map. Those spontaneous watercooler chats? Gone. Casual elevator conversations? See ya! Suddenly, your colleagues transform from familiar faces to just names on a screen, making it harder to reach out and engage. As the…

It’s performance rating season and let me tell you, it’s one of the toughest times in the year for me. The balance between recognizing and celebrating the efforts people have put it in throughout the year versus upholding a consistent standard across the whole population is a dance I’ve done many times but never got…

My cat will do cat things and I can’t blame him for being a cat. It’s my job to manage his environment and observe how he acts. Want to make sure he doesn’t make a mess and pee where he isn’t supposed to? Then I make sure the litter box is always clean. Don’t want…

In my years of taking on a coaching role the most common request I’ve gotten was “can we get a refresher on Scrum?” coming from people who have been doing the work for months if not years. I then ask why which leads to the real conversation about what’s really bugging them. You get into…

Maybe I’m being a little bit provocative here but let me make my position clear. I think hybrid ways of working where you’re neither fully in the office or fully remote makes a lot of sense in theory, I actually think it has the potential to be the ideal way to work if its done…