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Make the Most of Your Internships

Go beyond a temporary job and learn how to make your internship a powerful launching pad for your career. We'll show you how to set goals, network effectively, and stand out.

See How My Experience Can Accelerate YOUR Path

I practice what I coach: Notice how I've eliminated noise to highlight only what's relevant to coaching. Your resume isn't a wiki page, it's a sales page (a principle I'll help YOU apply).

How to Give Feedback That Actually Changes Behavior

Most managers give feedback. Few give feedback that sticks. This guide breaks down the four reasons feedback fails, then gives you a repeatable four-part framework — Situation, Behavior, Impact, Next Step — with side-by-side examples showing ineffective vs. effective delivery. Includes a section on handling the most common reactions: defensiveness, denial, and empty agreement.

Managing Up: A Field Guide

Managing up isn’t about flattering your boss — it’s about owning the relationship with the person who has the most influence over your career. This guide covers how to diagnose your manager’s style, what to ask them early in any new relationship, the most common managing up mistakes and how to fix them, and how to navigate specific situations when the relationship is strained.

Promotion Readiness Scorecard

Score yourself across the five dimensions that actually drive promotion decisions -- Performance, Visibility, Leadership Presence, Sponsorship, and Business Impact. Identify your biggest gap and walk away with a prioritized 90-day action plan.

Acing the Sales & Trading Internship

The Internship Playbook: 5 Principles That Separate Great Interns from Good Ones — A concise, no-fluff guide covering the habits that actually matter during your internship: reliability over brilliance, sharing real insight (not just headlines), thinking like a principal, building genuine relationships with fellow interns, and remembering to evaluate the firm while they evaluate you. Written for anyone heading into a finance internship who wants to stand out for the right reasons.

The Hiring Room: Amazon TA Leader’s Interview Playbook

This is not a list of behavioural questions. It’s a comprehensive, end-to-end interview strategy guide from a former Amazon Talent Acquisition leader and Stanford graduate — designed to help you think, prepare, and perform like a top candidate. We begin before the interview even exists: clarifying who you are, what you want, and how to align your narrative with the roles you’re pursuing. From there, we move through resume positioning, strategic storytelling, behavioural frameworks, executive presence, and what interviewers are actually assessing behind the scenes.

New People Manager: First 90-Day Checklist

A phase-by-phase checklist for your first 90 days as a people manager: diagnose before you prescribe, provide clarity on direction, then raise the bar on performance, Includes the five most common new manager traps and a clear definition of what good looks like at 90 days.

How To Have the Promotion Conversation

Most promotion conversations fail not because the person wasn't ready -- but because they handled it wrong. This guide covers when to have the conversation, what to say, how to handle pushback, and what to do after. Includes sample language and a follow up email template.

Reaching Your Network - Deck

This guide details a 3-step system for effective outreach and explains exactly how and when to request a referral.

Building your operating system

Neurodivergent Series - Executive Functioning

Turn Your Resume into Interviews

If your resume isn’t landing interviews, it’s time for a rethink. This session is all about turning your resume into a true conversation-starter with recruiters. You’ll learn what makes a resume stand out in seconds, how to showcase results and momentum, and how to tailor your story for the roles you want. Expect practical tips, real examples, and strategies you can apply immediately. Whether you’re stuck in the application grind or gearing up for your next move, you’ll leave with a resume built to get interviews.

Speaking Up for Your Success Workbook

Neurodivergent Series - Advocacy

Chief of Staff Roles - Resume Example

Example resume that helped me land a chief of staff role at a seed-stage health tech company

The Resilient Job Seeker

Keeping yourself sane and well during a stressful job search and transition

Access the Hidden Job Market

My best advice on how to network for a job