Archive - The Hard Parts of Growth

A shortcut for building confidence in my product opinion

As someone who often gets pulled into very different problems, one of the hardest parts of my job is to build confidence in my product opinion fast…

Jun 12 •

May 2024

How becoming a parent (or having a life outside work) has made me a better leader

As the mom of 3 young children, I often get asked the universal question: “How can I have it all?” I completely understand why! The world is full of…

May 9 •

April 2024

Becoming my own “burnout spotter”

“You need to change something now,” my friend Annette told me. “Because otherwise you’re going to tell me in a month that you’re burned out and need a…

Apr 23 •

Execution beats strategy every time

One of the most important lessons I learned at Meta is the by-now-common refrain of “Execution eats strategy for breakfast.” Why? Simple. If you have a…

Apr 10 •

March 2024

Getting out of meetings and into focused work

Do you ever open up your calendar in the morning and sadly realize that you’ll spend your whole day in back-to-back meetings, with zero time to create…

Mar 27 •

The goal of a “strategy” is to change our own team’s behavior

“What I really want is to work on…is strategy,” I’ve heard from colleagues on every team I’ve been on. And it’s no surprise — big strategy projects can…

Mar 13 •

February 2024

The 3 key jobs of a product manager: Recognize the problem, Structure a solution, and Execute

In my first full-time official job after college, I became a product manager. I showed up to my shiny new office (with a closing door!) ready to create…

Feb 28 •

January 2024

4 tips to make space for career growth this year

Did you decide to focus on any career growth improvements this year? I like to use the turn of a new year to reflect on the past year and think about…

Jan 24 •

To get promoted, get better at complexity, autonomy, and throughput

As many companies kick off performance reviews this time of year, I often get the question, “How do I get promoted this coming review cycle?”

Jan 10 •

November 2023

Activating peers and advisors instead of getting stuck "finding the perfect mentor"

For most of my career, I desperately wanted a mentor. Especially as a woman in tech, I repeatedly heard that mentors would help me unlock all the…

Nov 16, 2023 •

October 2023

My manager owns context, I own the recommendation

When I walked into one of my first leadership reviews, I felt ready. I had gathered all the information and I was prepared to explain it all to my…

Oct 5, 2023 •

September 2023

Finding my voice using a "series of dials"

Several years ago, a thorny topic came up at work, and we had a sequence of difficult meetings to try to sort through options. It was hard to get…

Sep 13, 2023 •

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