by Pam Hernandez | Mar 12, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.” — Simone Weil In my work with leaders, I find that one very human characteristic holds us back from being an effective leader: our ability and propensity to tell ourselves stories....
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Book Reviews, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Women
When I was writing this blog, the words to a song by the Association came to me (Along Comes Mary) along with the title to a movie from the 90’s (There’s Something About Mary). Unfortunately, both of those titles have some connotations I did not want to evoke (but I...
by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Front Page, Leadership, Personal Growth
Have you found yourself experiencing the following: rushing through activities without being attentive to them breaking or spilling things because of carelessness inattention, or thinking of something else failing to notice subtle feelings of physical tension or...
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 | Aug 28, 2018 | Career, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Self Acceptance, self confidence, workshops
Coming from a family of teachers and having been one myself, I always heard the quote putting down teaching as a job people did when they couldn’t do anything else. “Those who can do – those who can’t teach.” So when I saw the above quote in this week’s New York...
