by Pam Hernandez | May 27, 2019 | Corporate Culture, Front Page, Leadership, Personal Growth, Unconscious Bias
Growing up, I always felt I didn’t have a “cool” heritage like other people. Some kids had big extended Italian or Greek or Irish or Polish families with weird food on the holidays and interesting traditions and beliefs. Then I met and married my husband who is...
by Pam Hernandez | May 1, 2019 | Book Reviews, Coaching, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Uncategorized
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I read a lot about leadership. A lot! Every leadership blog or website or book...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 24, 2019 | Children, Coaching, Fathers, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
Recently, a headline caught my eye: “Know who’s not surprised by ‘Aunt Becky’s rule breaking? Every teacher.” It was referring to the college cheating scandal where several parents paid bribes to get their children into elite colleges. It’s written by a high school...
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 | Apr 6, 2019 | Assessments, Coaching, Front Page, Leadership, self confidence
I coach a lot of leaders and probably the top task they have anxiety about is giving feedback. When I ask them why they’re hesitant, I hear comments such as: “I’m afraid it will be uncomfortable; they’ll get upset.” “I don’t like conflict and feedback feels...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 28, 2019 | Career, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
I just finished teaching an online course “Mindfulness in Leadership.” One of the major points is that most of us spend more time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future than we do in the moment. I definitely fall into the “worrying about the future”...
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