I stood in front of a room full of remarkable women in Kigali, Rwanda last month and told them something that seemed to catch them off guard... The HR problems keeping them up at night? The biases they navigate every day in the workplace? The invisible ceiling pressing down on their ambition? NOT unique to Rwanda. NOT unique to Africa. They are HUMAN problems. I've spent over two decades helping organizations on the other side of the world wrestle with the exact same problems. That was the...

Admittedly...I never thought I would EVER have to say that about myself. If you truly know me, then you know I'm an overachiever. Through therapy, I've come to learn setting and accomplishing goals is how I nurture myself. I didn't grow up with a lot of hugs, kisses, and "I love yous" - so I had to find a way to pat myself on the back and push myself to success. My son lovingly calls me a "nerd" because he has witnessed me go from "no degrees" in 2004 to "four degrees" and multiple...

Growth is not always about doing more. Sometimes it is about recognizing where you are getting in your own way. Over the past few years, I have had to start over more than once. Not from scratch, but from a place of recalibration. Different environments. Different expectations. Different versions of myself. Each time, I assumed the challenge would be external. Each time, the real work was internal. I made the decision to move to Rwanda for personal reasons. I needed space. I needed to...