From the notebook

Questions from sessions, things I have read and tried. Two articles a month.

A woman in a mustard coat climbing stone steps in Istanbul in morning light
Career · October 26, 2026

Five questions to ask yourself before you resign

Resignation letters usually wait in a drawer for months. Before you send yours, ask yourself the five questions that work best in my sessions.
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Decisions · October 15, 2026

Three reasons we postpone a decision for months

Most postponed decisions come not from laziness but from an unnamed gap in knowledge or from an expectation that belongs to someone else.
A manager and an employee talking at a round table in a glass-walled meeting room
Management · October 4, 2026

What should a new manager's first one-to-ones look like?

The one-to-one is the smallest and most neglected management tool. Notes from sessions on how to set it up in the first three months.