December 11, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

When someone steals your ideas

“Isn’t that what I just said?”

I was recently in India giving a keynote presentation for a group of women leaders.

One of the questions that came up was, “What do you do when you are the only woman in the room, and you contribute an idea and no one pays attention…

“…then 10 minutes later someone else says the exact same thing, and everyone responds as though it’s brilliant, and he gets credit for the idea?”

This often happens to women, but I want to be careful to note that it does not happen only to women. Read More

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

“You’re too nice to be an executive”

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:

“I keep getting told that I am too nice.

September 18, 2018September 25, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

Schedule Time for Yourself … and Hide!

Make More Time

This month’s topic in my Executive Mentoring Group is Make More Time.

The goal here is to create 2 or more hours a week for yourself to have time to think, plan, work on strategic priorities — or get a little life back! Read More

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

Conversation Starters for Networking Events (Even for Introverts)

Networking meetings

For most of my life, networking meetings were torture for me.

I could never get comfortable with them. I’d either hide in the corner, or desperately cling to the person I came with. I didn’t know who to meet or what to say. Read More

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

When Everything Feels Impossible…

Sometimes executive jobs just feel ugly and impossible.

I can remember at various points in my career feeling blocked and frustrated, like I was failing..like I was out on a limb owning all of the risk for something, and without enough support or resources to succeed. Read More

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

Are you a good manager? A quick checklist…

You are the company

I remember when I had my first big leadership job. I overheard someone say, “Whenever people talk about Patty they always say…” I was shocked, not at whatever people said, but at the fact that people were talking about me! Read More

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

Does your email-inbox give you anxiety?

Is email a source of stress in your life?

Very regularly business leaders ask me about how to deal with overwhelming email. It comes up all the time.

Awhile back (in 2013) I wrote a blog called Is email killing you? Read More

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

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

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 by Patty Azzarello

“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:

If 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.

July 4, 2017September 25, 2017 by Patty Azzarello

Bullies, Narcissists, and Sabotage

Humanity can be a strong force for value and productivity in business. Leaders who embrace humanity can build highly effective, loyal teams that can work really effectively to drive forward business progress.

But humanity of course, can present itself in negative ways as well. Read More

Category: Fear, Confidence, Stress, Happiness