Most people think mentorship is about advice. It’s not.

Mentors don’t make your path easier. They can make it move faster—and help you recover smarter when it doesn’t work.

I didn’t understand that early in my career.

What changed everything for me was someone seeing potential I didn’t recognize and stretching me long before I felt ready (which I may have never been ready).

I had a mentor who gave me work I wasn’t “qualified” to do.
Unclear work. High-stakes work. Business-critical work.

Hold up Your Leadership Mirror, What Does it Reflect?

Culture isn’t a mission statement or a motivational poster. It’s what happens in the moments between the meetings, in the choices you make, and in what gets recognized—or ignored. Whether you realize it or not, you are your culture and you’re always communicating. The question is: Does it show you care, or that you’re careless?

In the world of job hunting, there’s a spooky trend that’s frustrating applicants everywhere—Ghost Jobs. These are job listings that companies post without any real intention of filling them. Maybe they’re “just seeing what’s out there,” or maybe they’re stockpiling resumes for future use. Whatever the reason, these phantom postings leave applicants feeling ghosted and can damage a company’s reputation more than you might think.