The Kindness of Strangers: A Spark in the Darkness
We live in a world that often feels cold and impersonal. News cycles are dominated by negativity, social media fosters comparison and...
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Patricia Waxler
Sep 163 min read
How Can I Help My Coworkers?
Today marks three years since I left the American Red Cross, and yet I routinely return to a question then President and CEO Gail...
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Patricia Waxler
Sep 33 min read
Reframe For Privilege
I have always associated September with the start of a new year, perhaps stemming from the childhood condition when the school year would...
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Patricia Waxler
Jul 304 min read
Tell Me More
Many years ago I learned I had been promoted into a leadership role. This was pre-WFH and, because I could, I walked across the building...
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Patricia Waxler
May 245 min read
How Can We Make This Right?
I have experienced or been witness to a string of unpleasant customer service experiences of late, situations that escalated that...
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Patricia Waxler
May 24 min read
Bounce Back Better
My generous friend Laura hosts an annual Beach Yoga for the Cure event in support of the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society. All our friends...
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Patricia Waxler
Apr 124 min read
Time is moving forward whether you are or not.
I was listening this week to my friend, podcaster Mel Robbins [she’s your friend too] when she said something that nearly stopped me in...
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Patricia Waxler
Apr 54 min read
Spontaneous Combustion
December 31, 2016: My husband and I were having lunch in a cafe outside of Nashville, when I heard the server mention to another table...
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Patricia Waxler
Mar 294 min read
This Will Change My Life
Hand to God, these were the words I gleefully exclaimed when the rumors that had me giddy for months were ultimately confirmed: Trader...
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Patricia Waxler
Mar 203 min read
Springsteen, Adjacent
I did not know it then, but I was a junior in college, 21 years old, when I worked for and with the best manager I would ultimately ever...
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Patricia Waxler
Mar 144 min read
GET TO YES
My husband can wax poetic about two things: the UCLA Bruins and fried chicken. While his love of the Bruins waxes and wanes with their...
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Patricia Waxler
Mar 66 min read
Defining Moments and Memory Dividends
I didn’t receive flowers on Valentine’s Day this year. Or last year. Or the year before that. In fact for as long as I have been with my...
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Patricia Waxler
Feb 262 min read
The Power of Reflection
Plan Team Meeting Respond to emails Performance Reviews 1:1s with Team Members More emails Prepare 2025 budget What would happen if we...
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Patricia Waxler
Feb 201 min read
Green Flag
I want to be a Green Flag. Red flags signal dangerous situations and are used to warn people of bad ideas or potential problems....
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Patricia Waxler
Feb 82 min read
You Have People
My husband was hospitalized just over a year ago and I was admittedly overwhelmed. I was traveling back and forth to the hospital daily...
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Patricia Waxler
Feb 14 min read
All It Takes Is A Stamp
Prepare yourself for a hot topic, bound to incite controversy and rage. No, its not politics. Or immigration. Or even global warming....
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Patricia Waxler
Jan 291 min read
The Grass Grows Greener
There's an old adage 'The grass grows greener where It's watered', meaning the area [skill, product, relationship] to which you direct...
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Patricia Waxler
Jan 251 min read
Ask Yourself This Powerful Question
One the most reflective and revealing coaching questions I ask leaders to ask themselves is "How am I complicit in creating the...
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Patricia Waxler
Jan 223 min read
Anatomy of a Friendship
I want to move you up my triangle. That’s all I texted to my cousin Rosemary mid-June of last year, along with a link to a podcast....
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Patricia Waxler
Jan 181 min read
Prescription JOY
I have a chronic illness. Doctors tell me the illness waxes and wanes with my immune system. If my immune system is strong, the illness...
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