by Patti Blackstaffe | Oct 26, 2011 | Conflict, Leadership
Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, the author of One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership. Here’s Mike: Your team doesn’t trust you. Honestly. They don’t. Trust is key to effective working relationships; yet, as you climb...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Sep 5, 2011 | Conflict, Gratitude
Sadness over the suicide of Trey Pennington on Sunday September 4, 2011. I did not know Trey personally, only via our social media channels. He was one of those individuals to whom people looked up to, a mentor who knew the right way to say things, how to get his...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Jun 21, 2011 | Conflict, Leadership
“Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim–letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.” ~C.R. Strahan Observation...
by Patti Blackstaffe | May 18, 2011 | Conflict
Strategic Sense, in addition to providing Leadership Training, has made a commitment to highlight some of the remarkable authors, leadership professionals and business people we’ve had the great fortune of meeting and working with over the last 3 years. On Wednesdays...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Apr 4, 2011 | Conflict
No really, give it a rest – whatever “it” is that might have you preoccupied or obsessing, thus taking you away from positive action and relationships. caret initio et fine (It lacks a beginning and an end) 1. Combine physical and mental action together to...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 28, 2011 | Conflict, Leadership
I hear it time and time again; “We want to find employees who really care about our business, who are passionate about our customers and who will fight to do what’s right.” They are employers who lament over how hard it is to get ‘good help’ or who again and again...
