by Pam Hernandez | Sep 15, 2021 | Career, Change, Coaching, Helping, Leadership Coaching, Strengths, Well-being
I just finished reading the latest novel by one of my favorite authors, Louise Penny. It’s entitled The Madness of Crowds. This is Penny’s 17th installment in the adventures of Inspector Gamache. Readers have fallen in love with the inhabitants of the fictional...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 31, 2021 | Clarity, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
As a man is, so he sees. –William Blake, 1799* I think you can switch this quotation to read, “As a man sees, so he is.” Of course, if I were writing this, I would replace man with person. I often use the phrase, “How we see changes what we see.” It’s a...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 9, 2020 | Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Acceptance, Well-being
Here is the entire stanza from a William Wordsmith’s poem published in 1807. So once it would have been—’tis so no more; I have submitted to a new control: A power is gone, which nothing can restore; A deep distress hath humanized my soul. Very prescient words...
by Pam Hernandez | Feb 20, 2020 | Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Uncategorized
Einstein realized that it is as important to see the problem clearly as to see the solution. Many clients will come to me convinced that they know what their problem is and just want me to help them with the solution. For example, many leaders struggle with...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 22, 2020 | Career, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
We’ve all heard the phrase, “the elephant in the room.” It’s defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.” When...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 8, 2020 | Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth
The title of a recent article in HBR, “How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization” captured my attention as I often work with leaders who feel they can’t bring meaningful change to their organizations as they aren’t the CEO or they have a “difficult”...
