Design by Design
it's my mission to support leaders creating high-performing teams with healthy cultures. I write and share leadership and team facilitation ideas, guides, and run the Leading by Design Community (beta coming soon!)
Are you Pro-Actively Managing Your Energy?
Design by Design Leading by Design Managing Your Energy Week by Week Hey Reader, This week, I'm considering how leaders continuously show up for the teams, while also balancing the realities of their own energy tanks. There is no perfection here, you are a human too and can't always show up exactly as you planned. Get unstuck in your career, invest in your softskills or rise faster to Director+!Design Leadership Accelerator Cohort begins Sept 16th. Learn More β In the recent cohort of my...
A New Paradigm for Your Career π
Design by Design Leading by Design Redefining our Careers Hey Reader, Rethinking our careers, and what we truly, truly want to gain from how we spend so much valuable time and energy was the topic of a walk I gave to a local organization this week. As my fave insider group, I'm also sharing some of the key takeaways. π’ Keep an ear out next Tuesday too on the Beyond UX Podcast to hear myself and the lovely Jeremy Miller discussing careers, the paradigm shift and how to know if management is...
TY!!! Celebrating 1 Year of Design by Design!
Design by Design Leading by Design Whassup with the business, 1 year in! π Hey Reader, It's hard to believe that a year has passed since I made a major pivot from corporate leadership to independent business. Wow. A year of learning, challenge, creation, connection and above all β re-finding what I love to do in the world. I truly love what I get to do every day now. I love to MAKE things out of nothing that support, educate and grow fellow humans. And I'm extremely committed to making work...
Wanna join? Upcoming Chats & Learning Opportunities
Design by Design Leading by Design Upcoming Chats & Learning Opportunities Hey Reader, Sharing some upcoming opportunities for community, connection and learning with my fave email friends β ya'll! Her Own Boss: A Talk with Women Who've Embraced Independence Tech Ladies is hosting a panel (that I get to be on!) facilitated by Pollen CEO Hillary Bush. Curious about consulting or solopreneurship? Register here. Managing for Impact: Strategic 1x1s Join me for a live lightning session on...
We Can Make Work Suck Less β You In?
Design by Design Leading by Design Work is tough right now, here's what we can do today Hey Reader, This issue I'm musing on the state of employee wellbeing, how we might measure and build in accountability to employee wellbeing into our businesses, and the tough spot Managers find them in. I'm also sharing with you, my lovely readers, a tool for boundary setting at work from the Design Leadership Accelerator. Grab that below, and let me know your script! Get the Boundary Setting Workbook...
Are you a Messy Middle Manager?
Design by Design Leading by Design Middle Management is Messy, and we're all in the mess together DESIGN LEADER ACCELERATOR: JUN 3RD GRAB 20% OFF UNTIL MAY 10TH GRAB YOUR SPOT Hey Reader, Do you worry about becoming a Manager of other humans? Are you a Manager thrown into the deep end of figuring things out? Do you feel like an imposter when you don't have the skills or knowledge you wish?Yeah, being a Manager is TOUGH. And it can be so REWARDING. You won't have the answers, and that's ok A...
Join Me for the Manager Fundamentals Course
Design by Design Manager Foundations Course The Training I wish I'd had as a first-time Manager Hey Reader, Is Management a path you are considering? Why or why not? With the evolution of Design careers over the past 5-7 years, and expanded options in seniority on an individual contributor path, becoming a Manager of your fellow humans is not the only path to growth. And neither path, or any alternative pathway is not for everyone! For Aspiring or new-ish Managers π’ LAST CALL IN '24! π’For...
How is Your Energy [FIRST NAME GOES HERE]?
Design by Design Leading by Design Can you model authentic calm when dealing with anxiety yourself? Hey Reader, Have you had one of those moments recently where the chaos of worklife, pressures from your team, boss, partners and oh yeah, your life-life all pile up? Yeah, me too. What do you do TODAY? So when you are leading through the inferno of this weird time, how will you show up and mitigate unfair future consequences? It's an unfair question, but one I want to put out there. As Leaders...
Are You Making Mistakes as a Manager?
Design by Design Leading by Design Managers learn by muddling through it β theres gotta be a better way Hey Reader, The stress many managers, especially those newer in role, are experiencing right now is overwhelming. Consistently through the past few years, managers in the messy middle of management have been tasked with doing more... and more... with less. More direct reports. More scope and responsibility. More pressure to instantly transition to be a "player-coach".I'm exhausted for...
Do you want 10 hours a week back?
DesignbyDesign.co Leading by Design Audacious Calendar Hot Tip for Productivity and Space Hey Reader, If you're feeling underwater and like you are spinning ALL the plates in your role... I get it! I've been exactly where you are and I see you. Taking a moment to invest in yourself falls to the bottom of the todo list frequently, and the exhaustion starts to compound. Let's be audacious in stealing back our future time together, starting now. Do your future self a favor and block 10 hours a...