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@dear-businesslady
...Memes have infected my brain to the point where this is all I can think when I look at the cover.
(Oh but while Iâm actually #onhere for once, Iâve got a couple newish columns on The Billfold! One on coworker-nemeses and another on the fallacy of a âfull recoveryâ from trauma--and how that impacts your professional life.)
Dear Businesslady: Managing a Micromanager and Reclaiming Your Time
Two new columns! Hereâs advice about preposterous policies and work/life balance.
Staying calm and connected when youâre a remote employee.
You can't leave early for Thanksgiving if you're already home! But you can read this and be grateful for the coworkers who make your job easier.
(Also, I feel like this is the most tumblr-appropriate cover image my column has ever, or will ever, have.)
Working Hard, or Over-Working?
Iâm doing a FREE workshop on Wednesday, October 18th, at 6pm, through the University of Chicago Graham School. Itâs in downtown Chicago (and in-person attendees get the added benefit of cheese and cookies) but also open to online participants. Click here to register. And if youâre not convinced yet, the full description is below.
As a reminder, you can get updates about events, new writing, and more by subscribing to my newsletter.
Workshop: Working Hard or Over-Working?
We all face stress and frustration in the course of our working lives, so how can you determine how much is too much? Some people have a higher tolerance than others, but everyone has a limit. When so many success stories entail âgoing above and beyond,â it can be hard to feel confident saying enough is enough. In this workshop, youâll learn strategies to prevent burnout and techniques for effective and appropriate self-advocacy.
Learning Outcomes
Create scripts that allow you to push back against unreasonable demands
Understand which battles are worth fighting and which are a waste of energy
Learn time-management tools to minimize your stress.
Develop methods to make your work visible and maximize your professional reputation
Come join me, itâs gonna be fun!
Advice on job applications and figuring out your next move.
Part II of my deep dive on career-changing and job-searching: how to land a longshot job, write a compelling cover letter, and figure out if you really need to go to grad school.
Something for everyone! Plus I talk about cookies.
Advice on making the most of your experience while job-searching in a new field.
New column! It's never too late to contemplate a career change, and a good cover letter can help you make the most of your prior experience.
Columns, columns, and more
The latest installment of Dear Businesslady just went live on The Billfold. I think itâs the hardest Iâve ever worked on the column (thanks in part to the thoughtful feedback I got from the LW), and Iâm so happy with how it turned out.
Dear Businesslady: How Do I Respect My Coworkerâs Gender (and My Own)? Advice for the trans/nonbinary and their maybe-not-quite-woke-yet colleagues
And since Iâve apparently failed to share them here, here are the two columns preceding it:
Dear Businesslady: How Do I Sequester My Stresses? Advice for the anxious (and arenât we all the anxious?)
Dear Businesslady: âDoes This Get Easier?â Advice for the beleaguered and be-babied
There are also a bunch of book excerpts and interviews that have popped up online since my last post. Plus I was on TV!
Thatâs it for now, but for a more reliable update mechanism than this tumblr, you can subscribe to my newsletter.
Chicago! Come to my đâđ»
Itâs Tuesday 6/6, 1â2pm at the UChicago Bookstore/Hyde Park Barnes & Noble. Full details here.
You donât even have to buy a bookâalthough...
If you know anyone who lives in or around Oswego, NY,* send âem to the riverâs end for a full day of festivities (storytime for kids, a taco truck, craft beer/wine, live music, and more).
Iâll be signing books and offering on-the-spot career advice at 4pm on 4/29. Â Full event details are here.
*By this I mainly mean Syracuse/Rochester, but as far as Iâm concerned anything west of the Hudson is fair game. Fingerlakes road trip anyone?
Stories of Work Gone Wrong
The final giveaway is over! Read the best/worst work stories at the link above.
If you want your own copy of my book, youâre in luck â itâs out now! (@Â Amazon, B&N, IndieBound, Target, etc.)
For updates and sporadic ramblings, subscribe to my tinyletter.
Got a tale of professional disaster? It could win you a book!
To enter the contest, send me your worst/best Work Gone Wrong experience: instructive, embarrassing, hilarious, scary, or any combination thereof. More info at the link.
Ends Friday 3/31. Send me your stories!
Work wisdom from readers
The contest is over! Read the winning advice at the link.
Want to hold a copy of my book in your own delighted hands? Iâll be announcing another giveaway on Friday. Subscribe to my tinyletter if you want a heads-up!
Want to win a FREE copy of my book?
To enter the giveaway contest, send me your best âwhat I wish Iâd knownâ work advice. The deadline is Friday 3/17; more details at my website.
Ends today!! Send me your stuff folks. (Askbox or any other communication method is fine.)
Want to win a FREE copy of my book?
To enter the giveaway contest, send me your best "what I wish I'd known" work advice. The deadline is Friday 3/17; more details at my website.
Advice for the overworked and underpaid.
New column! On making the best of a bad situation and negotiating a raise/promotion/title change.
Plus a PSA on the ACA
Itâs a little late for the PSA part, but the advice is still good! (Plus I figured I should get this up before my next column runs...)
On grateful goodbyes and important introductions
A LWâs life imitates my own in the latest column. Iâm glad I didnât get this question six months ago when my response wouldâve been all  like ¯\_(ă)_/ÂŻ