A friendship that started at Tropicana and continues 25 years later. Twenty-five years ago, we met at Tropicana. A few weeks ago, we stood together on a Florida beach. In between were careers, marriages, children, moves, promotions, reinventions, losses, triumphs, and countless life lessons. Somehow, through all of it, we found our way back to each other. I moved to Florida in 1999 for a job at Tropicana, knowing almost no one. When you're in that situation, your coworkers b

It’s easy to think of a career as a series of roles, companies, and accomplishments. But when I look back, that’s not what stands out. It’s the people. Most of us spend more waking hours with colleagues than with our own families. Studies have shown that full-time employees spend over 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime—often alongside the same teams, day in and day out. That’s a significant portion of our lives, shared with people who, at least initially, are chosen for us

Lately, my work has spanned a wide range of projects—brand development for an agricultural business, consolidating KPIs and action plans for a nonprofit strategic plan, assessing upfront groundwork for channel expansion, and reviewing loyalty programs and best practices. Layer on staying current for my classes, and my brain feels like it’s firing on all cylinders. And honestly? I love it. At this stage of my career, I find myself learning just as much as I’m leading . That fe

This time of year always brings a flood of forecasts. End-of-year reports. Webinars. Trend decks projecting what 2026 will bring. I’ve been spending a lot of time immersed in this work — reading, listening, and taking notes — both to stay sharp for my clients and to bring relevant, real-world thinking into the classroom. But one of the most interesting places I find insight isn’t always in the slides themselve’s. It's in the comments. The Data vs. the Comment Section When I a

December often comes with an unspoken expectation to reflect, summarize, and wrap everything up neatly. This year, I’m finding myself doing something a little different. With so much heaviness in the world right now — constant headlines, uncertainty, and fatigue — I’ve been craving less noise and more intention. Rather than looking backward, I’ve been using this quieter stretch of the year to prepare. To organize. To create space. To clear the runway for what’s next. That min

When I left Essity and began figuring out my next steps, I quickly discovered that career transitions can feel both freeing and disorienting. What made the difference for me was community. A few former Campbell colleagues — John Masotta , Suzanne Cohen , and I — found ourselves all in transition at the same time. We started meeting for coffee or lunch to share updates, coach one another before interviews, and swap networking contacts. When the process became overwhelming, we

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