The Present
I launched this site in the midst of my “professional halftime,” in Fall 2019. After 20+ years in the corporate world, I took the summer off to invest in my family (last year, we moved back to the States after eight years in China) and to write a book.
As I move out of my professional halftime, I’m excited to embark on my next journey. As of 9/9/2020, the book is available for pre-order and my new job starts at McCann China.
Click below to join my on my journey or for more information on the book or what I will be doing at McCann.
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Girl Scouts of Shanghai
What a pleasure to meet with the Girl Scouts of Shanghai! I had the opportunity to share some stories from The Spare Room book and explain the concept of social legacy. Here’s what inspires me: defining our social legacy to live with more intention is NOT a mid-life...
CLIMB: Five Companies, Five Revelations
Keynote addressing over 1000 Bristol-Myers Squibb employees on career, life lessons and Social Legacy. We discussed the power of “going broad” early in your professional life to learn as much as you can, which can accelerate your career in later phases. Also, touched...
Leadership and Loyalty Podcast
This podcast unlocks the raw truth of guests' heroic journeys from devastation to purpose. A few highlights from our podcast: Part 1: Defining what pisses you off Promotion as a set-up for failure or Success Comfort for The Spirit, a CEO's Path Finding the...
What is Security?
The word for “tranquility” – two parts broken up.
It’s Chinese Language Day!
UNESCO (part of the United Nations) has named April 20 Chinese Language Day. The day celebrates Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. So, to celebrate, I thought it’d be interesting to explore the Chinese translation for my Social Legacy....
Shanghai in lockdown
You've all probably been reading a lot about this lockdown. Some news is probably real... some, maybe not. Lots of wonderfully caring friends (and not-yet-friends) have been asking how we're doing. So, this provides a snapshot of my personal experience with Shanghai...
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