A few years ago I spent too long troubleshooting a broken VLOOKUP formula before realizing the issue - invisible spaces. I could see the...

If you've ever found yourself manually emailing dozens of managers about missing performance reviews or spending hours copying and...

I use lookup formulas every single day in every project I work on. If there's one Excel skill that's absolutely essential for HR...

I've always been drawn to problem-solving. If you've been following my blog, you know I love finding efficient solutions to tedious HR...

Traditional data tables and basic bar charts often fail to reveal critical organizational imbalances, creating a disconnect between your...

Standard Excel charts do a reasonable job of displaying data, but they often miss the opportunity to provide essential context that...

I build a lot of dashboards, and for years, my first step was always a tedious process of automating data cleanup and combining multiple...

When I start new projects with clients, I often find them doing something that makes me internally scream—they're building pivot tables...

Raw numbers rarely tell a complete story on their own. When presenting data to leadership, the difference between a good report and a...

Have you ever presented a dashboard only to watch your audience struggle to identify what's actually important in your charts? Or spent...

When reviewing HR dashboards, I often notice a common challenge - cramming too many charts onto one screen. While it's tempting to show...

Last week, while reviewing a client's spreadsheet, I noticed they had created an elaborate formula to avoid Excel's error messages. The...

Sometimes the best productivity hacks are hiding in plain sight. Take Quick Parts in Microsoft Outlook, for example – a feature I...

I've always been drawn to problem-solving.  I love anything involving puzzles and logic and finding the most efficient ways to do any...