Fear, Confidence, Stress, Happiness

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…

6 years ago

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.…

6 years ago

When Everything Feels Impossible…

Sometimes executive jobs just feel ugly and impossible. I can remember at various points in my career feeling blocked and…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

“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…

6 years ago

Bullies, Narcissists, and Sabotage

Humanity can be a strong force for value and productivity in business. Leaders who embrace humanity can build highly effective,…

7 years ago

Sometimes, the key to productivity is to stop thinking about it!

Feeling Discouraged, Stuck, Lazy? Do you ever have one of those days when every single thing on your task list…

7 years ago

The opposite of Asshole is not "Weak Person"

My secret weapon for achieving success I am preparing to deliver a TED talk at the TEDx Navasink Conference on…

7 years ago