Blog: From Marketing to HR to Workday Support: Lessons from Cara Carroll’s Journey
One of the most inspiring parts of the Workday ecosystem is how many career paths lead here. In my recent conversation with Cara Carroll, we explored how her journey from marketing intern to HR generalist, recruiter, and eventually Workday specialist unfolded — and what others can learn from her path. A recurring theme was the […]
Blog: The Power of Independence in the Workday Ecosystem
What does it really mean to go independent in the Workday space? For Tony Velasquez—better known as “Mr. Energy”—it started with a family decision. In 2017, he chose flexibility over predictability, leaving a traditional consulting path to build an independent career. Tony describes independence as more than a change in employer. It’s a shift in […]
Blog: From Redundancy to Reinvention: Lessons from Building a Workday Extend Startup
What happens when your corporate role suddenly ends? For Alan Raftery, it meant an unexpected door opened into entrepreneurship. After years in FinTech and Workday consulting, he and a colleague launched Nimbeely Extend Solutions — one of the first independent firms dedicated solely to Workday Extend. Their journey holds lessons for anyone navigating career shifts […]
Blog: Behind the Book: Why I Wrote the Workday Gold – Navigating Your Career Book
For as long as I can remember, people have asked me about careers. Sometimes it was a colleague at a nonprofit. Other times, it was a consultant just starting out. More recently, it’s been people on LinkedIn reaching out with questions about how to grow in the Workday ecosystem. The questions are often the same: […]
Blog: Why Roadmaps Matter: Influencing Priorities and Getting Buy-In in Workday Projects
In the fast-paced world of Workday support and project management, ideas and requests come from every direction. Some are urgent fixes, others are innovative opportunities—but without a process for sorting, prioritizing, and securing buy-in, even the best ideas can stall. The first step is clarity. Understand the difference between a ticket (a quick fix), a […]
Blog: Deep vs. Wide: How Workday Careers, and AI, Are Changing the Equation
Is it better to specialize in a single Workday module or cover multiple modules? That’s the age-old question Christian and I tackled in our latest Workday Gold podcast episode. This isn’t just a theoretical debate, it’s personal. I’ve lived both paths, and I’ve coached others through it. Early in my career, I realized something: building […]
Blog: From Guardrails to Growth: What Workday Governance Really Looks Like
Governance in the Workday ecosystem isn’t just for large enterprises with formal steering committees and binders full of policies. Whether you realize it or not, when your organization makes decisions about who can access or update data, how changes are prioritized, or what gets configured next, you’re already doing governance. Good governance is simply the […]
Blog: 💡 Workday at Scale, Performance Reviews, and the Power of Managerial Courage
Supporting Workday in a 200-person company is vastly different from supporting it in a 200,000-person company—and if you’re not ready for that shift, it can overwhelm even seasoned professionals. In a recent conversation with Steve Atnip, a longtime Workday leader and consultant, we explored the changes that occur when scaling—and why mindset and process are […]
Blog: Career Pivots, Mergers, and Leadership Growth: Lessons from Eric Olson’s Workday Journey
In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with Eric Olson, VP of Customer Operations at OneSource Virtual (OSV), to talk about his journey in the Workday ecosystem and the lessons he’s learned along the way. From raising his hand to take on Workday payroll when no one else would, to navigating the uncertainty […]
Blog: The Reality Check: AI Adoption and What We Wish We’d Known Before Supporting Workday
Originally aired on Workday Gold podcast with Keith Bitikofer and Christian Delcid We’re recording this on Friday afternoon, May 30th, 2025, and every AI podcast has to say that these days, because something could happen in the next hour that changes everything. As someone who spends half my time in the Workday space and the […]