Career Bites by Lorraine K. Lee: Weekly Bite-Sized Career Tips In 3 Minutes

After coaching professionals across industries and levels, I've seen the same thing play out over and over. There could be two people at the same level, but only one will get tapped for stretch projects while the other is left wondering why they were overlooked. Here's what I can tell you: the differentiator rarely comes down to who works the hardest. It almost always comes down to who people actually want to work with — and who they think of first for the next opportunity. That's the...

FEATURED IN FAST COMPANY ✨ Being good at your job used to be enough. In today's workplace — hybrid schedules, crowded digital channels, and yes, AI — it's not. Fast Company asked me what it actually takes to build visibility and influence right now. My answer might surprise you. Read the full interview here I’ve been noticing this a lot lately, and maybe you have too, Reader. Everything is starting to sound… the same. From my inbox, the LinkedIn posts I scroll past, and even some of the...

Hi Reader, A few weeks ago, a reader named Joel sent me an email. One paragraph stopped me in my tracks, and I knew I had to share it with you (with his permission, of course!). Here's what he wrote: "I have been working towards a goal to be more active on LinkedIn. I'm eager to engage with others and have a goal of becoming more of a thought leader, and am working on the discomfort of creating and posting without having everything figured out quite yet of what I will focus on or where it...

Question for you, Reader: the last few times someone asked you "what do you do?" — what did you say? If you gave the same answer each time, that's the problem. The way you introduce yourself shouldn't be a single script you recite. It should change based on the room. When it doesn't, you're either oversharing context nobody asked for, or you're underselling because you're hedging for the wrong audience. This is why you need a UPI — your Unique & Powerful Introduction. It's not one, single...

Why Visibility Matters 👀 A LinkedIn follower recently sent me a DM that perfectly illustrates why visibility matters. Last year, Cathy implemented some changes to her team's monthly meetings after following my work. The results continued to compound throughout the year. "My teammates engaged more proactively and shared their comments and insights," she wrote. "I was surprised that my co-worker, who always stayed quiet, started speaking more often with greater confidence." Like many people,...

👥 Bring Impact to Your Team2026 dates are filling up! If you're planning a company event, leadership summit, or team offsite for 2026, I'd love to make your next event truly unforgettable. Book Me to Speak Here's something I've watched happen a hundred times, Reader: Two people on the same team, doing similar work. One gets pulled into the strategy meetings. Their opinions get repeated. Their Slack messages get reactions from leadership. The other one is doing equally good work (often better)...

👥 Bring Impact to Your Team2026 dates are filling up! If you're planning a company event, leadership summit, or team offsite for 2026, I'd love to make your next event truly unforgettable. Book Me to Speak Are you being sidelined, Reader? It usually happens in a meeting where no one asks for your opinion, or in a project where you used to be the first person they called, or in a Slack thread where your name should have been tagged — and wasn't. For many professionals I coach, the realization...

The meeting upgrade you didn’t know you needed. I've been using Fathom for three years, and this week they launched multiple features on my wishlist I had to share with you. 😍 The biggest update: Ask Fathom is now account-wide, which means every meeting you've ever recorded is fully searchable. I tracked down a decision from six weeks ago in seconds. Game-changer!!! Here's what else is new in this launch: 📱 Mobile app⚡ Live in-meeting summaries📝 Personal scratchpad mid-call🎧 Audio-only mode...

Hi Reader, This week marks ONE YEAR since Unforgettable Presence came out into the world! 💙 I genuinely can't believe it. (also: thank you, truly, to everyone who purchased a copy, gifted it, highlighted it, sent me a photo of it on your nightstand or somewhere around the world - I’ve seen every single one!) To celebrate, I wanted to share something that happened recently that I can’t stop thinking about. It's a tiny story, but it taught me something I didn't expect about AI, judgment, and...