by Pam Hernandez | Oct 30, 2025 | Career, Conflict, Corporate Culture, Leaders, Leadership, Productivity, Well-being
Busyness Isn’t a Badge of Honor When was the last time you answered, “How are you?” with “Busy!” and felt oddly proud of it? In modern leadership culture, busyness has become a proxy for worth. Packed calendars, late nights, rapid responses, and endless action are...
by Pam Hernandez | Sep 18, 2025 | Boundaries, Career, Helping, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Rescuing
If You’re Always the Savior, Your Team Will Always Be in Trouble There’s a certain thrill in being the one who saves the day. Leaders with Hero Syndrome thrive on stepping in at just the right moment—fixing the issue, solving the problem, getting credit for the win....
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 8, 2025 | Career, Leaders, Leadership, Perfectionism, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Well-being
You are not Your Title Who are you without your title? For many leaders, the answer is unsettling. When your identity is tightly wrapped around your role—your profession, title, or the recognition it brings—leadership decisions start to come from a place of protection...
by Pam Hernandez | May 1, 2025 | Career, Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Physician's Academy, The Leadership Circle
Einstein famously said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” That mindset is just as essential in leadership. Many leaders come to coaching already convinced they know what...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 4, 2024 | Career, Children, Daughters, Generations, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mothers, Personal Growth, Time
I’ve looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It’s life’s illusions, I recall I really don’t know life at all Judy Collins _______ Around 3:00 in the morning, I was giving my five-day old granddaughter a bottle and...
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...
