Strategic Planning

Leadership is often spoken of in terms of the top Leader of an organization or the head of a big business division. A huge part of sustained success and a legacy is to make leadership training an everyday part of your business.

In years past, it was often thought that working with the ability to partner as a strategic necessity was a ”soft skill”, something that could be pursued if time allowed. Now it is clear that increasing communication and connection is a necessary skill for leadership and for accomplishment.  This can change perceptions and can bring […]

The other day a client remarked to me as we were discussing strategic planning for 2014, “our biggest challenge isn’t strategy but in the execution, and that is where we should concentrate our efforts.” Often we become so caught up in the strategy that we fail to understand the importance of executing, which is only […]

Our last blog post, Is Collaboration Worth the Time and Effort? elicited some great comments. My initial intention was to discuss partnership and collaboration as a means for creating greater success, both in implementation of current strategic plans and in innovation for expansion. In the comments that I received people spoke of joint writing projects […]

Lately, many of my conversations with clients have been around how to develop new ways to enhance everything from sales to executive leadership. For today’s post I thought I would focus on two areas: Presenting the essentials for creating a focus on engagement as a methodology and as a new frontier for creating results and […]

Many of you have noticed that we took a break for awhile in our postings. The past couple of months have been a fast-growing time for me and I want to share a bit of what has been happening since it definitely involved flexibility and a steep learning curve, which embodies the phrase “best laid plans” […]

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 […]