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Read-Connect-Reflect #32

Read Research: Why passionate men succeed, even when they’re mediocre (HBR)

10 hrs ago •

Words of wisdom for working moms (2024 edition)

In this newsletter, I talk a lot about dualities—stillness and movement, ambition and ambivalence, reactivity and proactivity.

Dec 19 •

☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: Paid parental leave for Starbucks baristas

Starbucks’ parental leave policy doubles the paid leave for new parents (HR Digest)

Dec 17 •

When you feel trapped in your job

or, how to handle the special misery of "golden handcuffs"

Dec 12 •

☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: History of the fight for affordable childcare

Birth of a broken system (No One is Coming to Save Us podcast)

Dec 9 •

Read-Connect-Reflect #31

Read Working while parenting a teen: Not what I expected (HBR Women at Work podcast)

Dec 5 •

☕️💪 Subscriber Sips: Belgian sex workers get maternity leave and sick pay

Dec 2 •

November 2024

[Corrected Link] ☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: When research betrays us

Nov 26 •

☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: When research betrays us

The business school scandal that just keeps getting bigger (The Atlantic gift link)

Nov 25 •

A Cup of Ambition 2024 Gift Guide

Need a break from depressing news headlines?

Nov 21 •

When it all falls apart

or, a reflection on uncertainty and discomfort

Nov 14 •

Leadership Library: Change Fatigue

I’m not really sure what to say.

Nov 7 •

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