Working Your Mind is Like Exercise
Every morning, or at least three to four times a week, most of us try to get up and go to the gym. In our minds, we know it’s important to exercise. A healthy body requires good nutrition and an active lifestyle. Whether that’s going for a run, taking an evening walk, or maybe you’re […]
I’d Like to Buy a Vowel
Part of IT By Design’s mission is to provide tangible tips, or tools, that MSPs can implement into their leadership repertoire. Having spent the last five years learning, and being a student of leadership, I would love to share some of those learnings with you. So, this week we’re going to talk about how a […]
How a Dance Video Can Help Build Your Culture
This past week we celebrated IT By Design’s 20th anniversary in our Chandigarh, India, office. We had 350 of our team members join us for a huge celebration. There were gowns, men in tuxes, wonderful food, and an abundance of dessert – it was great! One of the highlights of the evening was a “mashup” […]
Your Grit Score
So, I’m finally back from my two-week trip to India. It was a LONG trip, but I learned so much in that time that I will be sharing with you over the next few weeks. This week, I wanted to share one of the lessons we received on grit. During our retreat, we were scheduled […]
Knowing Your Worth
I wanted to share a story with you, a very personal story. I believe many of us often don’t know our own self-worth in a world that’s dealing with a lot of mental health issues. As a mom, it hit home for me when my confident and strong 20-year-old, who is studying at Cornell and […]
Knowing Your Why
Everything in life requires a purpose. There must be a reason why you decided to buy that yellow shirt, even when you know that it’s a terrible color for you. There must’ve been a reason why you decided to go for a walk outside even when you knew a thunderstorm was coming your way. It […]
Hiring Tips: Building Effective Teams Requires Work
This year marks IT By Design’s 20th anniversary, and in all those years we’ve interviewed thousands of candidates from which we’ve built a team of more than 600 community members. Many peers have asked me: “What do you look for when hiring?” Here are some key tips my hiring team uses: 1. Have the hiring […]
Size Doesn’t Matter
So last week, Thursday night in fact, it was 11 pm and I was about to go to bed. I had been up late working on some deliverables, so Sunny was already asleep. I’m turning off all the lights upstairs, checking on the kids, about to close my bedroom door and I hear the door […]
An Entrepreneurial Journey: One Lyft at a Time
It wasn’t the best trip home, but it provided me a learning lesson from my Lyft driver. You see, my flight got canceled at 11pm as I was heading home from Phoenix. Now, it’s been a long day, and although the airline paid for the hotel and travel to and from the airport, I was […]
Words Matter
Do you remember playing the telephone game? What would start as one sentence in someone’s ear, would eventually end up being a completely different understanding and context by the time the 10th person heard it. Every reiteration getting more distorted and exacerbated than the next. By the end of the line, the truth is no […]