The unexpected gift the Knicks gave me
Sunday night felt different. It wasn’t just the Sunday Scaries creeping in. I was going into the first week all year without Knicks basketball—and I didn’t realize how much I was going to miss it. Not just the games: The anticipation. The group texts. The where-are-we-watching-tonight planning. The Let’s Go Knicks! energy that made an ordinary Tuesday […]
May is Rituals Central
As you well know, from Mother’s Day to graduations to Memorial Day Weekend, May is rituals central (and as I mentioned last week, earlier this month, my twins Julia and Caroline just graduated from college)! In honor of that, I wanted to share some notable graduation rituals that we can all learn from: One of […]
Expectation vs. Reality
This past weekend my twins, Julia and Caroline, graduated from college. It was finally here. Four years (or 22, really!) in the making. The weekend promised to be everything we’d hoped it would be. The weather was perfect, the fun swag I ordered from Etsy arrived on time and in one piece, and—bonus—the Knicks won […]
Fuel or friction?
Last week I went to my 30-year business school reunion (How is that even possible?!) My time at Kellogg was one of the best chapters of my life, and it was amazing to reconnect with so many classmates. One of the highlights was sitting in on a class with Professors Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal, […]
Health or Wealth?
May is a big month for me — Mother’s Day, my birthday, and this May, my twins are graduating from college (I’m still in denial about that)! It’s also Mental Health Awareness Month, which couldn’t come soon enough! Everyone I talk to is stressed out about the steady news of layoffs, the uncertainty around AI, […]
You better think!
There’s a line in a recent Fast Company article that stopped me in my tracks: “Thinking is a premium—and yet it is also the very thing that is most at risk.” YIKES! We’re living through what the article calls the triple threat of modern work: In case you had to reread this paragraph five times already, you’re not […]
A ritual worth the schlep
One of our favorite family rituals is going to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks play. Even during the years when we were losing more than we were winning (the Knicks are known to break their fans’ hearts!)…it was still always a win for our family. If you’ve read my book Rituals Roadmap you know that […]
Top 5 reasons to call me
Thank you for all of the love on my new speaker reel. I’m really excited about it! If you didn’t get a chance to see it last week, here it is: And if you have an offsite, a workshop, a retreat, or a conference coming up where you want to inspire your people to become […]
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!
I’ve got some exciting news to share… My brand new speaker reel is READY!! This project has been months in the making, and I’m so thrilled to share it with you: I hope you take a peek at this reel so you can get a sense of my signature keynote: How to Become a Great Human Leader in […]
How to make work fair
Last Thursday in IBM’s beautiful new office space in midtown Manhattan, I was the emcee for HR Innovators’ first CHRO Summit of 2025, Human Resources to Drive Business Results. I met new friends, saw old friends, connected with leaders who I profiled in my books over the years, and met some “Zoom colleagues” IRL for the first […]