As we start the new year I’ve been thinking about choices.
I realized that there are some simple, key choices that we all have immediately available to us that can help us be more true to ourselves, and become happier and more successful at work and life — no matter where we are starting from. Read More
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about this, and there are so many new followers of this blog (thank you and welcome!), so I wanted to write this short blog because I think it’s really important to share this:
Read MoreEveryone gets scared.
One day you are working with your peers as colleagues, and the next day you are their manager. Now what?
You are the same person as you were the day before, so what now makes you worthy of being in charge? Read More
As this wonderful graphic from Hugh McLeod says: The world will conspire to make you less than you are, so decide what you are going to do about it, then act.
Amen.
The world is full of people who will try and make you feel small. Read More
I was recently telling a story about a time in my career when I had an all out panic.
When I got my first general manager job at Hewlett Packard, early into the role, my team had identified a significant gap in our product offering, and the recommendation was that we acquire a technology from another company. Read More
I want to share two important ideas that I learned from one of my key, long-time mentors, Jim Davis. These have proven to be profoundly valuable through my career.
There was a time when I started a new, big, executive job, and the enormity of what I needed to learn was crushing. Read More
This month’s webinar was on Bullies and Sabotage.
If you missed it, you can download the podcast!
This is a useful webinar to download if you:
I was bullied for many years as a child. Read More
I think many of us have the experience of being a misfit or an outcast as a child. I certainly do not have the corner on this. But with all the talk of bullying right now, it got me thinking about my childhood bullies and the ultimate impact that being bullied had on my life. Read More
This is short post this week, but this topic is on my mind because I have had this conversation with so many people over the past month or so.
The dilemma so many people face…
There is one kind of person (who is universally disliked) that brags, is always talking, pretends they know it all, doesn’t add value, but acts like they are really important. Read More
I’d like to make an announcement here on the blog, that I, Patty Azzarello, am not productive every single day.
I was sick this week and failed to get all kinds of things done that I had hoped to.
It got me thinking about blog post I wrote awhile back called “Your Brain on Stress…”
If you haven’t read it, it’s worth a read. Read More
