by Patti Blackstaffe | May 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was shopping the other day for some bedding-out plants. It’s that time of year when we find ways to beautify our yards and take full advantage of the short growing season in our area. Bedding-out plants have been started in the greenhouse earlier so you have a...
by Patti Blackstaffe | May 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
All of us have a background and history. Many of the lessons I learned about leadership were really common sense child-rearing lessons passed on from one of the most remarkable people I know, my Mother. With Mother’s Day approaching I thought I would share a few...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Apr 24, 2009 | Business, Communication, Conflict, Customer Service, Leadership, Management, Training, Uncategorized
The thing about being an adult in an adult work world is that we’re forced to deal with many things we may find unpleasant or stressful. Communication between people takes many forms and can be interpreted in many ways. Ideally, we would live in a world where...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Apr 21, 2009 | Business, Gratitude, Leadership
April 22 is Earth Day! What are you doing about it? Are you working within a company puffed up with the promotion of its GREEN initiatives? Are your marketing materials all telling customers and prospective customers what a fantastic sustainable programme you have...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Apr 14, 2009 | Business, Gratitude, Uncategorized
Of all the things from which we learn the most, experience is our greatest of teachers! There are few times a lesson will make an impression to last a lifetime unless one has experienced that lesson being handed to them on a silver platter. The thing is, what you...
