Managing Office Gossip When It’s About You Interesting article by management expert Joseph Grenny in the 8/29/22 Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alert. I appreciate the honesty advocated, as well as the reliance on direct communications. *If* all parties are well-motivated, this…

Some really insightful thoughts on parental leave and the burden that often falls on mothers! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ambikagpai_work-maternityleave-parentalleave-activity-6970034737620942848-w7RN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

From Director to VP responsibilities I recently got a new role as an HR Director, and in the last 3/4 months I’ve taken on more VP responsibilities in HR and Operations. The CEO has given me the green light on all of my strategic planning. I’d like to propose a title and comp…

Is a demotion a bad idea? I was promoted to be an executive director a little over a year ago. The title has come with unending stress on me and my family. My health is just awful! I'm considering leaving this role for a step down at the same company with less direct reports and…

If I could share one piece of advice... I recently switched jobs (still finishing my last two weeks at my current one) and wanted to share some piece of advice / perspective that I gained, in the hopes that it helps someone. To be fair this is also helping me as I am typing :).…

I am constantly corrected by supervisor in front of other staff and customers. I have discussed this with her in person and email. I am the only one who ever gets correction or being written up fir things that I alone have not completed. I come in to find them hudled in the back…

Interviewing and struggling to figure out when to declare my current location before moving for the position? I'm in the same state as where I want to work but my goal is to relocate to a larger city. I've taken Fairygodboss' advice regarding listing United States on LinkedIn and…

Typecasted I have a BS in merchandise marketing and a certificate from Harvard. My passion is visual merchandising and marketing. I seem to be typecast into store management because I have succeeded in motivating my teams, reaching KPIs, and drive to provide luxury guest service.…

Started a new job 4 months ago. In that time my boss was terminated and I got covid-19. I have major work anxiety and not being at work is making me very anxious. I feel like I will return and be terminated because maybe they feel im not a good leader. How do I cope? I have ptsd…

Should I change who I am? Hi, I recently got a job at a small company with about 15 employees in the office. All of them are talkative and loud most of the time, while I am the only one who is reserved and quiet. They keep telling me that I am very quiet as if it's a bad thing…

Grateful to have had job interviews this week but I'm getting overwhelmed and exhausted by the continual preparation and mentally starting over each time. Before each interview, I take the time to research the company, its mission and review social and industry news. I feel like…

I accepted a new role 2 weeks ago. But since then I’ve been getting a lot of messages from recruiters on LinkdIn for Executive Assistant/Coordinator roles for a bigger salary and hybrid schedule. The accepted role is a good one and highly visible as well as a chance to work with…

Career Change ideas I have worked in corporate world my whole career and hold a Senior position in Finance. I am in my early 50s. I feel at crossroads. I want to scale back and still work, but have less stress. At the same time I love challenge and fear that I could be bored. I…

I'm a healthcare worker and have been in my current dept for 12 years. I've been offered another job in a different dept and a different role. I have a manager and two supervisors that I report to in my current position. Do I speak to all of them before sending them an email with…

Looking for advice when the interviewer won't give a salary range. I applied for a job that I would really like, but there was no salary range on the posting. Fairly quickly, they got back to me to schedule a 15-minute zoom pre-interview (slight red flag: they messaged me Friday…

I am a former CEO of a non profit organization that recently moved to the Founder position. The issue I am dealing with is applying for a good job that will perk my interest and pay well. The issue is no one will hire a former CEO and it seems as though I have been one a bit…

I’m currently a senior on my team and I wanted get additional perspective on an issue I’m having. So during our one on one meetings my manager has suggested that I may be able to move to the next level in my career path, which is basically a team lead. I’ve basically been…

Advice? I've been in my job for a little less than a year now (with one change of manager since the start) and thought I was doing everything they wanted me to. The problem is that I'm also apparently supposed to be having new ideas for things like service delivery. They say I'm…

I'm 48 and searching for an executive role. I've gotten quite gray in the past years, but have always kind of liked the way it looked. But I'm not really hung up on it either way... However, I'm reading all these articles about ageism, especially for women in the workplace and…

Hi everyone! I am new to Fairy God Boss. I've been working in non-profit/higher education for almost 10 years. I am looking to pivot to corporate. Specifically, my interests lie in healthcare technology, agile project management, Scrum, organizational change management, nutrition…