by Pam Hernandez | Nov 17, 2024 | Assessments, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Physician's Academy, The Leadership Circle
EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. CHANGE. DISRUPTION. CRISIS. COMPLEXITY. These are words that were once used to describe rare, high-impact events like wars or economic downturns. Today, they have become part of our everyday vocabulary—used to signify both imminent threats...
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 | Nov 8, 2023 | Change, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Listening, Mothers, Personal Growth
My mom loved Jackie Kennedy. For one, they were the same age. Jackie was beautiful, graceful, articulate (and thin – a must for my mother). During President Kennedy’s funeral, which I remember vaguely, my mother commented how dignified Jackie was. Of course, like...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 28, 2023 | Assessments, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Time
Lately, I’ve tried a few new activities: golf, pickleball, and strength training. Each of my respective coaches have told me the same thing: “Relax, you’re attacking the ball (or the band). You’ll be much more successful if you take a slow swing; you’re looking for...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 21, 2023 | Change, Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Rescuing
“Why do you expect less from your employees than you do of yourself?” said my manager to me early in my career. I don’t remember the specific situation, but I was probably providing an excuse (thinking it was a valid reason) why one of my employees wasn’t performing...
by Pam Hernandez | Jun 15, 2022 | Coaching, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Physician's Academy, Positive Psychology
When I was an executive at an insurance company, I read the following: “Leadership is as much about who you are as what you do.” I firmly believed this sentiment, but most of the leadership development I received throughout my corporate career focused on the “doing”...
