The Shift

by Lauren Michele

I write about the moments that click everything into place. In business. In life. In you.

Excerpt – Just Tell Me What To Do

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Biases in interviewing: Confusing personality for potential

Hiring bias doesn’t just show up as prejudice. It also shows up as personality preference. And it’s common. But don’t let mistaking surface-level chemistry for real alignment sabotage your goals.…
Not everyone’s coming with you

When you make a big change in your business—whether it’s scaling up, adding infrastructure, hiring leadership, or evolving into a version of the company you’ve been building toward—there will be…
How to fire gracefully

How to Let Someone Go Without Losing Yourself (or Your Team’s Trust) If you’ve built your business with care, firing someone might feel like the hardest thing you’ll ever do.…
Bringing people with you: Why promotions and cross-promotions matter

One of the biggest blind spots in growing a business is treating your team like a fixed puzzle—filling the open spaces and expecting nothing to shift. But people aren’t puzzle…
Pre-screening: Saving your interview sanity

If you’ve ever found yourself burned out by, or dreading interviewing, you’re not alone. You start out with the best of intentions—“I’ll just meet people and see who feels right.”…
Required vs. preferred experience—it’s not what you think

We treat experience like it’s math. Years on paper. Roles on a resume. Metrics in a bullet list. But experience isn’t math. It’s a story. And like any story, you…