by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 23, 2010 | Business, Leadership, Management
Leadership… We hear this word widely used in so many ways the whole concept of leadership has become vague due to the broad and vast understanding of what leadership really means to people and organizations. We are given ‘characteristics’ to emulate, we are...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 4, 2010 | Business, Leadership
Two people I know in the recreation industry were chatting this week and I learned something that gave me a smile regarding the difference in leadership there and in some large corporate settings. Recreation is a different kind of business, it is weather dependant and...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 1, 2010 | Business, Leadership, Training
Occasional complainers are folks who are unhappy about a particular situation and need to share with others how miserable they are. I will stress that everyone goes through a period of their lives where they feel like their power for change has been taken away and...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Feb 15, 2010 | Leadership, Management, Training
Congratulations to all Olympic Athletes – they’ve been training most of their lives, they have competed all over the world with other contenders. The ‘ski industry community’ is very small – each name comes with a story and athletes are very familiar with one...
