by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Assessments, Career, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
I use the Leadership Circle 360 profile in my coaching and assessment work because it is both practical and powerful. I don’t say this lightly as I am hardly new to leadership assessments. During my Corporate career in a senior leadership role, I was on the...
by Pam Hernandez | Oct 19, 2018 | Book Reviews, Front Page, Positive Psychology
On my Kindle… In the late 90’s, I was in a leadership class and was asked to write about my philosophy of leadership. I said this: “I believe that people want to do good work. I believe that people want to get meaning from their work, to make a valuable...
by Pam Hernandez | Oct 8, 2018 | Book Reviews, Corporate Culture, Front Page, Personal Growth, Unconscious Bias
On My Kindle… What I love about this book is that it combines two of my top interests in one topic: unconscious bias and growth vs. fixed mindset. When I conduct workshops on unconscious bias, everyone is nervous to begin with. We feel that if have any bias...
by Pam Hernandez | Oct 5, 2018 | Coaching, Front Page, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth
I love coaching. Often at the end of a session, a client will give a big sigh and say, “I feel better.” I usually end a session by asking, “What worked well for you today?” “What didn’t work as well.” Often, being able to talk about anything without judgment or...
by Pam Hernandez | Jul 14, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Front Page, Leadership, Unconscious Bias, workshops
When I’m doing work with companies on topics, I try to keep the above three questions in mind: What? So What? Now What? So I start by defining the issue, then move on to why it matters, and then follow up with what do we do about it. When the topic comes to...
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...