Today’s Guest Blog is by Ellen Bradley The day I returned home from my first solo business trip in more than 25 years, a divorce decree awaited me in the mailbox. While there was nothing more than coincidence with the timing, I did feel a sense of significance mixed with irony. Significance because the decree…
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When the audition openings memo was posted on the wall backstage at Davies Symphony Hall, I couldn’t believe it. It included a second trombone opening for the San Francisco Symphony which paid $55,000 (~$152K in today’s dollars). I was giddy with anticipation because trombone positions rarely open (i.e., John Engelkes, one of my brass coaches,…
$322 Billion. That’s the global cost of burnout in turnover and lost productivity according to a recent Workhuman and Gallup report. $322 Billion. That’s a lot to lose to burnout and lack of mental well-being. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I am sharing more of my mental well-being and self-care journey with you…
I love this advice. QTIP – Quit Taking It Personally. It’s catchy, easy to remember, and such important advice to remember. Sometimes we get wrapped around the axle when we take something personally that isn’t meant for us. I received a reminder of this advice last week during a ‘discussion’ with someone I have known…
A year ago while visiting my friend Ellen in Maine we were having a very long and thoughtful discussion while driving – one of many during our visit. We always say we should just hit the record button and turn our discussions into a podcast (which we’ve already named, “What will the neighbors think?” This…
“Who are you?” asked Bill Campbell, Intuit’s CEO at the time I was sitting in his office discussing business schools. I fumbled around for an answer, meandering all over the place, feeling not at all sure I had answered his question. Next he asked, “Who is Sonya Sigler?” Yeah, this question just confirmed that I…
Have you seen a colleague get promoted over you and wondered why? Or thought to yourself, ‘What are they doing that I’m not?’ The truth of the matter is that they know how to self-promote. I know, we’ve all been given messages that self-promotion is bad, or it feels icky and profoundly uncomfortable. That means…
Having a goal matters for your career path and for your continued success. I worked for a crazy man who made our entire legal department miserable – with his micromanaging, his ever-changing priorities, the shifting directions that felt like quick-sand, and his Friday afternoon crisis that would ‘require’ working over the weekend to handle.…
Today, I want to talk about what we can do to make space for mental wellbeing at work. I’ve spoken on this topic frequently, run webinars on it, and even last week led a roundtable discussion on it. We are at a crisis level for women’s wellbeing at work. Throughout the pandemic, women have most…
