My career hasn’t followed a straight line and I've learned to do a lot of different stuff. The winding path that got me here makes resumes uncomfortable.

So your boss sucks. They play favorites. They make arbitrary decisions and everyone knows they have no idea what they’re doing. They change rules on a whim. You’re right. Your boss sucks. But they’re probably not doing anything illegal. They're just bad at their job.

In most cases, your boss wasn’t evil. You just didn’t get along. Good thing you don’t have to anymore. Even if your boss did do something super illegal, you don’t always get justice. Even if you did get justice, it doesn’t undo the awful thing that happened to you. It’s better to get out of the situation. Keep the awful thing from happening in the first place. 

We wanted something fun, to show that we weren’t dry, sanctimonious blowhards who thought we had all the answers. The cheeky double entendre of “peep” for “people” and “peep” for sneaking a peek at something private stuck just the right tone. 

Maybe you made a mistake. Maybe you weren't quite ready. Maybe you had a lot going on. I know it feels awful, but I promise, no one thinks you’re a failure. Believe it or not, someone probably took great care in what happened to you. Because they know it wasn't all your fault. They wanted this to be as easy for you as possible.

Do engagement surveys actually measure how people feel? Or just how much they trust you? What are people really responding to when they complete a survey anyway?

That's what leadership looks like: Putting aside your own experiences and recognizing when it isn't about you. Because, as we explained in that meeting, bias has no place in the workplace.

When it comes to hiring and promotion, we tend to think admin skills are intuitive. So we devalue them. But admin skills are not universal.

Truth: Working at a startup is different from working at a BigCo Inc. Myth: There’s some magical secret to it.

We each have our own voice. Not that bland, polished, HR voice that performs respect by never expressing an opinion. Strong opinions on how companies’ decisions shape our lives in meaningful ways.

Earlier this year, someone had an idea. "What if we brought more people into the conversation? What if we... started a podcast?"