October is an anniversary of sorts for me. I got my layoff notice at the end of September three years ago and spent the month of October wrapping things up and offboarding. If you looked back at my LinkedIn posts from those days, you would never have known I was going through that. So many people post immediately and ask for help. And I so admire that. But I tend to process things internally before I process them externally. I was processing a complex mix of embarrassment, an

One of the most frustrating patterns I see in my career coaching practice is this: You walk out of an interview knowing you're qualified for the role, yet you can't shake the feeling that it didn't go well. Sometimes you're right. More often, you simply missed opportunities to show the interviewer why you're the best person for the job. After coaching senior professionals through numerous interviews, I've found that getting an offer rarely comes down to whether you have the r