HAPPY HOLIDAZE! I am celebrating because this year I gained over 1,000 new followers… I know, in Internet Math, that’s basically “a nice start, kid.” But in My Actual Life, it’s gigantic. It’s like walking into a conference room expecting three people and finding a whole extra row of chairs filled. I panic, straighten my blazer, suddenly remember every time I’ve ever used the phrase “behavioral norms.”
Also, let’s be frank, I still average fewer than 9 reactions and about 5 comments per original post. Which means I’ve apparently built a community the size of a small book club that meets in a breakroom, and only one person consistently remembers the creamer. So, thank you to the regulars who show up like clockwork, especially: Melissa Hecht, Bobbi Vernon, Maurice “Mo” Cayer, Ph.D., Aerielle St. John, Dave Pope, Katrina Kennedy. You are the emotional support group chat of my LinkedIn.
If you’re new here, welcome. Here’s what you followed:
-HR and L&D thoughts dressed up in celestial lighting
-Work stories that feel like they were written by someone who has absolutely stared at a spreadsheet and whispered, “Don’t embarrass me in front of the executives”
-A writing style that occasionally swerves into poetic, then immediately apologizes and offers you a practical takeaway and a SNAK
Sometimes I read my own posts back and think, Lisa, you really wrote “organizational effectiveness” like it was a love language. And then I remember: it kind of is. Not because work is life. IT’S NOT. But because work is where so many lives collide. It’s where we try to be brave in fluorescent lighting. It’s where we learn. It’s where we mess up. It’s where we rebuild.
To the people who’ve taught me (Sue Norton), challenged me (sofia pombrik), edited me (Leah Collins), and held up a mirror without turning it into a weapon, thank you. To the clients who let me share the human parts of their stories, thank you. I don’t take that lightly. I carry those moments like pocket-stones.
And to the quiet readers, the lurkers, the “I don’t click like, but I texted this to my coworker” crowd: I see you. You are the backstage crew of this whole weird little show.
We only get this one life, as far as I know. So I’m going to keep writing like it matters, laughing when it’s ridiculous, and telling the truth without turning it into a sermon.
If you’ve been here a while: what’s a post that stuck with you, and why?
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