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As I speak with leaders in different business arenas there is much discussion about increasing results, particularly with sales, and concerns about how to get there. There is still a tendency even in the new business climate to encourage competition as a way to increase high performance even at the executive level. Instead of using competition […]

As you know everyone is so busy now. Every day is filled with things to do, complete and accomplish, and a day can be over in a flash. How often do you look back and say, where did the time go, or, I did not get to what I meant to do today?

In my last post I suggested a team meeting that focuses on process and on creating the connections between everyone on the team. (See prior blog post for the 4-meeting process.) Every time the New Year begins and strategy is created, it is a change for the organization. This link includes a summary and my […]

This weekend I decided to take the time to become involved in an on-line discussion through Harvard Business Review Linked In Group. The question posed was; What is more important – a great business idea or a great team? Many of us talked about how both are important; some said that a good idea is […]

2013 Free Consultation Session with Patricia To schedule your session, please contact Joanne, my assistant, at your earliest convenience at: joanne@bridgingassociates.com. She will set up our appointment time and confirm the best telephone number where I can reach you that will allow us to speak privately.

The start of 2013 seems to be bringing awareness and learning at a very quick pace for many business owners and executives with whom I have spoken recently. And I have had similar experiences, one of which I’d like to share with you today and how I created greater understanding and opportunity from it. My […]

I’d like to share another discussion I had with a client recently who is working with her team to create the strategy of the business for next year. As with many of you, she is envisioning some new business models, as well as new products, which will require something new from the entire team of […]

The most important element of changing to the Collaborative Leadership Model is making the team process a priority. Therefore part of each team meeting should include time to recognize the team process. The focus of the Collaborative Leadership Model is the essential tripod of Communication, Accountability and Solution Focus which you have heard me discuss […]

In my last post, I wrote from New York having been stranded there during the hurricane. As luck would have it, I was in a part of Brooklyn that had rain and wind but we managed to keep the power. Our biggest losses were the television and transportation. As you know the subways were closed […]