by Pam Hernandez | Aug 4, 2019 | Change, Front Page, Generations, Well-being
“We can never know about the days to come But we think about them anyway” –Carly Simon I’ve been fortunate enough to spend July and August at our vacation home in Colorado. I’ve done a lot of walking, a lot of writing and reading, a lot of listening to the...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 10, 2019 | Career, Change, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. –Abraham Maslow The first time I thought I was grown up was after my mom died. I was 21, just finishing college, gone through a tragic event. I thought to myself, “I’m...
by Pam Hernandez | May 6, 2018 | Change, Front Page, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence
There’s an interesting article in this Sunday’s New York Times, “The Upside of Envy.” The author (Gordon Marino) states that envy is the hardest emotion for us to own. Instead most of us will find a reason to disparage the person or thing that...
by Pam Hernandez | Sep 27, 2017 | Career, Change, Corporate Culture, Front Page, Leadership, self confidence
The new CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, the former CEO of Expedia, penned this departing note to his Expedia employees: I have to tell you I am scared. I’ve been here at Expedia for so long that I’ve forgotten what life is like outside this place. But the...
by Pam Hernandez | Jul 20, 2017 | Change, Corporate Culture, Culture Audit, Front Page, The Leadership Circle
Organizational culture has often been imagined as a tree with deep roots. You don’t see the roots but they dictate the health of the tree. Often change efforts fail because they address only what is visible, the leaves and branches so to speak. But the deeply rooted...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 18, 2017 | Career, Change, Front Page, Personal Growth, The Leadership Circle, Well-being
I was working with a client the other day and he said, “You know – this creative/reactive thing we’ve been talking about. It applies to everything.” I had to smile. He’s right. So many people think leadership at work is like a coat we put on – a set of external...
