Over the past few months, I have been speaking and working with a number of women’s leadership networks and groups.
One of the questions that comes up at virtually every one is this:
Read More“I keep getting told that I am too nice.
Category: Career Advancement
Avoid this mistake if you want to reach the executive level sooner
Collecting all the Cards
Often when I talk to people who aspire to become a general manager they will tell me that they are striving to get experience in every function to prepare themselves.
This is a mistake that I refer to collecting all the cards…
I’ll get experience in Marketing, and Product Development, and Supply Chain Management and Customer Service, and on and on…then I’ll be ready and qualified to become a General Manager or CEO. Read More
Is the way you communicate holding you back?
You only get one chance
We’ve been talking a lot about Executive Communications and Executive Presence in my Executive Mentoring Group in the past few months.
When I talk about communicating with executives, I always say that you only get one chance. Read More
The first 30 days…
Starting in a New Role…
A question that frequently comes up in the Coaching Hour calls in My Executive Mentoring Group is, “I’m starting a new job. What do you recommend that I do in the first 30 days to set myself up for success?” Read More
Ruthless Priorities and Your Career
The idea of Ruthless Priorities has been on my mind a lot recently.
Quick review: What I mean by Ruthless Priorities are those 1 or 2 things that in any moment you refuse to put at risk. Read More
5 keys to getting a bigger-than-normal promotion
One of the members of my Executive Mentoring Group posed this question in the group forum and it inspired me to write an article:
Has anyone been in a position where they are submitting to a role where they meet the majority of qualifications but the title is a couple levels above where they were at? Read More
“Patty, How much do you sleep?”
Last week in my blog, I wrote about increasing productivity by engaging people’s humanity by Starting with Laughter. This was the most quoted snippet:
Read MoreIf you respect people’s humanity and give them a chance to warm up and situate themselves in the context of what is happening, you are far more likely to build trust, get buy-in, and get people ready to do the hard work.
Are you holding yourself back without knowing it?
“Avanti!”
Those of you who are members of my Executive Mentoring Group might have noticed that I sign off the weekly challenge emails with the word, “Avanti!”
I’d like to take a minute to explain this because I love this word for a number of reasons. Read More
Don’t forget to ask this one interview question
What is it you want to find?
I was having a conversation recently with a client who was asking my advice on interviewing for a key position on her staff.
She asked me how to know during an interview whether you can truly trust a person to deliver what you need in the role. Read More
Exciting news from Patty…
NEW: Patty’s Executive Mentoring Group
I wanted to use the blog this week to share with you the exciting news that I am launching my new Executive Mentoring Group.
This is an extension to the membership program that so many of you have participated in over the past 10 years. Read More
