EARLY BIRD: Project Management Learning Lab, September 24, 2026
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Process improvement boosts your value and visibility at work. If it doesn’t come naturally to you, no worries! It’s learnable. This video helps you train your brain to identify inefficiencies, reduce friction, and make meaningful improvements without overhauling everything and starting from scratch.
You don’t need a management title to delegate work effectively. If you’re managing the execution of work on behalf of leadership, you are essentially borrowing their authority. When you learn how to communicate with borrowed authority correctly, it becomes far easier for people to take your requests seriously.
Change fatigue is when the disruption of change outweighs your capacity to deal with it. Once you understand that formula, you can begin identifying ways to reduce the chaos, restore your energy, and move through change more sustainably.
Being resourceful doesn’t mean you know everything or always have the right answers. Instead, it’s about knowing how to find your own answers and how to make progress when things aren’t clearly laid out for you. Thankfully, this is a learnable skill!
Navigating career advancement isn’t a one-size-fits-all journey. Whether you’re eyeing a promotion on your current team, considering an opportunity in a different department, or searching outside your company, understanding your options adds clarity and intentionality to your path forward.
When you’re looking for career support, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the options. Understanding the difference between coaching, counseling and mentorship can help you choose the right kind of support to get you from where you are to where you want to be.
Career growth follows a natural progression. This simple framework offers a clear path with meaningful transitions that build on one another. Understanding it helps reset expectations and provides clarity about where you are and what matters most in that particular season.
You love your job and your organization, but there’s no room left to climb. You’ve hit a ceiling. So, what now? Here are some options to consider when you’re ready for more but at the top of your game where you are.
There’s a fine line between thoughtful planning and procrastination. If you’re someone who loves organizing, color-coding, or mapping out your next big goal, you’ve probably danced across that line more than once. Planning feels productive, but it can be a clever disguise for avoidance if we’re not careful.
The convenience of AI is seductive, but there’s a hidden cost. When technology shapes not only how we work, but how we think, we end up cognitively lazy, which can have deeper negative consequences.
Feeling swamped isn’t a sign that you’re failing; it’s a signal that something has to change. Here’s how to effectively manage your work when the volume exceeds your normal, natural human limits of time and energy.
When planning for the future, we’re not trying to eliminate chaos; we’re dancing with it. The goal is not to build perfect certainty into our day (which is impossible); rather, the goal is to create systems that can absorb the chaos.