More Than A Paycheck

It's so frustrating to work on a team that lacks a clear vision, get ambiguous feedback like "you need to be more strategic," and constantly change priorities. When things are so up in the air without a clear path forward, we tend to spin and slow down trying to find the right path and how to best deliver on the project. This week, we're diving into why this is not the best option and what to try...

Join us this week as we answer a few of the top trending questions from the anonymous tech employee Blind app. Hear how we would answer these questions as a friend and how we would answer them as a coach. A friend can empathize and try to get you to see the bright side. A good coach can help you understand the root cause of why you're stuck and identify ways out. Listen and learn. Want to get help...

When we make a mistake or screw something up, we tend to go back and fix it. After all, we want to do a good job. But today we're talking about why this is actually a problem and slowing you down. There's a time a place to fix mistakes but often it's to your advantage to keep moving forward. Listen to this episode to learn why it's so hard and how to do it. Listen and learn.   Want to get help wit...

Your brain is the most powerful tool at solving problems. Better than any chatbot, expert, or technology out there. But if you're not paying attention, your brain will obsess over trying to solve the wrong problem. And that will keep you stuck. Listen in this week and learn how to make sure you're focused on the right problem to move forward and the easy way to do it. List and learn.   Want to get...

Do you wish you could quit your job but feel stuck? One of the most common reasons we feel stuck and unmotivated is because of the golden handcuffs. Having a high paying job can do this to a person. But when you feel trapped and out of options, what's the point? If your miserable and dragging yourself through each day, making a lot of money won't solve it. Listen in this week and learn the 3 ways...

Work can be very stressful. There are deadlines, goals, and so many people we need to work with along the way. It's a perfect recipe for stress and overwhelm. But when you learn how to deal with the stress in small, easy, daily ways, it keeps it from building up and shutting you down. Listen in this week as we talk about the stress cycle and how to make sure you're dealing with stress on a daily b...

This past January I left my job at Amazon after 11.5 years. The average Amazon employee lasts around 2 years (which is typical for a tech company these days). As someone that was promoted multiple times, had too many managers to count, and been through some crazy things, I learned A LOT. Listen in this week as I share my top 5 and how they apply to your work today. Listen and learn.   Ready to get...

Growing your career happens when you stretch yourself and learn new things. But if you keep growing and stretching without giving yourself daily rest to repairer, you will burnout. Join us this week as we talk about why we're rewarded for having big careers and why a stronger career is actually the way to a crazy successful career. List and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limit...

It's that time of year where we're all getting our yearly performance review feedback. But what do you do when you get feedback that you don't agree with. Sometimes it's feedback that is so surprising and contradicts other feedback. Or sometimes it's feedback that you fundamentally disagree with. Either way, it's frustrating and feels hard to know what to do. Join us this week and learn the 3 thin...

To live a well-rounded life, science and data show you need to optimize your sleep, movement, nutrition, sunlight, and relationships. But this can be so hard to do when you're tired. Not the "I did not sleep well one night" kind of tired. But the in your bones and sold tired. The kind where you feel like you're dragging yourself out of bed and through life. Just us this week as we talk about why w...

We've all been through some hard things. Layoffs, horrible leaders, reorgs that don't make sense, and that's just at work. But what do you do when you find yourself really stuck with this happens. Listen in this week and learn why you're feeling stuck and one way to help get you moving forward again. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab t...

For the last few years, I kept saying that I just want a break. I'm tired in my bones. Vacations and time off is great but it's not cutting it anymore. There's so much going on and so many crazy, big, and hard things that it has felt like I needed more. A few weeks ago, I had an Ah Ha moment with one of my coach and it all started to make sense. Listen in this week to learn what I'm trying instead...

If you indirectly manage someone, telling yourself your success depends on their success is a recipe for disaster. Because you also most likely telling yourself you can't really tell them what to do because you're not actually their manager. In this week's episode we dive into what to do and NOT do when you're a dotted line manager and how to set yourself and the employee up for success. Listen an...

When you find yourself in a work situation where layoffs are coming, your psychological safety goes out the window. You feel like you can't say no, have to work extra hard and yet are so worried about not having a job that you have a hard time focusing. This is a normal response and something we've all felt. But working from this constant anxiety is a sure way to burn yourself out. Listen in this...

Gratitude is great, but when you hone the skill of wanting, it amplifies gratitude to the next level. As humans, we want more because we think it will make us happy. Things will be better when we make more money, lose more weight, or have more scope at work. But when you learn how to really want from abundance, you'll actually have more. More of what really matters. Listen in this week and learn h...

Many companies are experiencing layoffs in a way most of us have never experienced. When this happens, it throws all psychological safety out the window. But working from content fear of being laid off is not sustainable. Just us this week as we dive into the 4 steps to cope while your company is going through layoffs and what to do if you are laid off. This is not your typical tips and tricks on...

Think back to the last big failure your team had. How did your leadership respond? Changes are, they were quick to point out the wins and focus on getting you back to feeling motivated and inspired again. While trying to keep the team motivated and driven might sound good on paper, in reality it's what's creating a toxic work environment. Listen in this week and learn ho and what to do instead.  ...

At our core we all want to feel seen, heard, and accepted. But when we're constantly looking for validation externally, it can make us depressed and anxious. Learning how to self-validate is a skill that has to be practiced. But the more you learn to self-validate, the easier it is to deal with situations when you're not validated. Listen and learn.   Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a lim...

At work we're rewarded for being able to produce more and add more value. At its basic form, corporate is about producing at a high rate to make money. But when we constantly hustle and grind, we're too exhausted to change things or push back and say no. Most people either hit their breaking point and walk away or slowing grind themselves down to nothing. But there's an easier way. Join us this we...

As humans we all worry. But there is never an upside to worry. Planning, preparing, and thinking ahead or great things to do, but worrying about what might happen is a maddening cycle. It just keeps you stuck and spinning until you're a hot mess and the hypothetical thing has not even happened. Join us this week as we dive into why we all have some anticipation anxiety and how to break the habit b...

Perfectionisum is a defence mechanisum to try and prevent from feeling judged, shame or blame. It's not achieve and is a habbit for so many of us. But if we're not trying to be perfect, does that mean we should just be sloppy and lazy in what we do? Just us this week as we dive into what to aim for instead of perfection and how to get there. Listen and learn.  Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I of...

Join us for the second part of our motivatiton series as we dive into 3 of the bigges lies about motivatiton. Learn why we all fall into the  trap of believing these lies and what to do instead. Listen and learn.  Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoaching.com/call and let's get you feeling mor...

Few things feel more frustrating than when you're just not motivated. It's hard to focus, you dread starting the day, and it feels like the days take for ever but the week flys by. Join me this week as we dive into where motivation comes from, how having too much of it can cause other issues, and how to create more of it today. Listen and learn.  Want to know the 3 biggest mistakes tech employees...

Most people want to build a relationship with their skip level manager because they want them to like them and help put in a good word. While you skip is a tool to use to grow your career, when your goal in building a relationship is to get something out of them, it never works. Join me this week as we dive into why and what you should be doing with your skip level leader instead. Listen and learn...

When we have a problem, most of us can an gree on the problem, but the challenge comes into play when it comes to the impact and why it's a problem. Join us this week as we dive into the biggest mistake we all make when we have a problem. List ane learn. Ready to get some free 1:1 help? I offer a limited number of free coaching calls each week. Grab time on my calendar at http://lindsaylymancoachi...