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Friends! Last week was very exciting, I was published in Harvard Business Review! If you either attend or lead one-on-ones, I highly suggest you give this a read!

5 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren’t Working Despite all that one-on-one meetings can offer, they can be challenging to navigate, whether you’re new to management or have spent several years in a leadership role. Here some signs that your one-on-ones have gone stale, are unproductive, or are falling short of their potential: you don’t want...

Well. Our virtual cohorts of So Now You're a Manager have proven that they can do PRETTY GOOD TEAM REPRESENTATIONS with play doh, too.

Our 14th SNYAM cohort will happen in August - from the comfort of your own home! We provide the play doh, you provide the gumption.

Tix here: https://buff.ly/2l3iYun

"What can one little person do?" is a song they sing at my son's Elementary School. This morning I am leveraging this message because I am one little person but I am also the leader of a company.

Plucky believes that . We mourn the long-standing violence against the Black community. We are committed to making business choices to support efforts for Racial Justice and we are in this for the long haul.

Some serious Career Path feels coming out in coaching lately. Although we send these postcards to the clients themselves (so they REMEMBER how GENIUS they are), I am always a little tempted to hang them on my fridge instead. ;)

"Dear Plucky: I’ve been waiting for a promotion for a long time and keep getting passed up, but my manager says I’m doing great. Should I just ask directly for the promotion? Is this seen as too self-centered?"

Old Blog Post, still true ideas. Enjoy.

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Getting ready for week 2! Signs up, kids organized, coffee made. See you soon, cohort 12!

Do you wonder if you're alone in your struggles at work? You're in very good company; here are some smart, vulnerable thoughts by Plucky clients. 🔥

A message for working moms on Mother’s Day 2020. For the ladies holding it together at home and work (and beyond) during a worldwide pandemic, I see you.

Every December, we publish My Plucky Path, a free career planning guide for the upcoming year. We did that 4 months ago... and then 2020 fell apart.

Enter: My Steady Path, career planning for Covid times.

For the most part, the past 6 weeks have been a time of reaction rather than strategy and this is normal. But you may start feeling the buds of planning – and if that’s true, we made a new planning guide.

Grab one for $0 here: shop.beplucky.com

You're really smart. You know yourself and your situation better than anyone.

A good coach helps you see and remember that.

Even the brightest and most creative leaders cannot fix Covid right now. This is true and this is also hard to swallow. So what do we do?

I think we find ways to help... and then we practice patience. And healthy distractions. And connecting, resting and grieving. If you don't practice this s**t today, you're going to be burned the hell out when/if a recession does hit. Do not bang yourself into immoveable walls, I beg of you!

I talked about this, particularly how leaders can focus on the things they *do* have control over, on the 100th episode of Jason's podcast, last week. Have a listen!

https://buff.ly/2V9zFmV