Healthy Leadership
Health. I woke up in the middle of the night (not unusual) and read Katie Couric’s first-hand account of her breast cancer diagnosis. ...
BROAD PERSPECTIVE CONSULTING
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Barbara Palmer
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Quiet Quitting
Quiet Quitting? A lot has been written lately about a trend they are calling ‘quiet quitting’. The theory is that employees are just...
Barbara Palmer
- Aug 9
- 2 min
AND
And. As we begin the transition out of summer, it is the perfect time to talk about how we can be in two states simultaneously: sadness...
Barbara Palmer
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Action to Words
Action to words. My friend’s daughter published a book. She is 16. And she made the Amazon Bestseller List. The book is powerful and...
Barbara Palmer
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Deodorant.
Deodorant. There is a fine line between co-worker and friend. Some people ride the line easily and without issue. Others were taught...
Barbara Palmer
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Priorities
Priorities. The phone rings. “This is the high school. There is nothing to be worried about.” I’m not worried, I don’t have a child at...
Barbara Palmer
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
Transitions
Transitions. It is that time of year: graduations, internships, new jobs. A lot of people going through a lot of change. Transitions...
Barbara Palmer
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
Shared Wisdom
Shared Wisdom. There is so much to learn and re-learn, and I find myself consuming as much content as I possibly can – to educate myself...
Barbara Palmer
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Random Tuesday
Sushi by the Sea on a Random Tuesday in April. Random Tuesday. A few weeks ago, I took a random Tuesday off. REALLY off. I even set an...
Barbara Palmer
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
I Don't Know
I Don't Know. There is a lot that I don’t know. Some of those things, I don’t give a second thought – I can Google, enlist an expert,...
Barbara Palmer
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Mom
My mother turns 80 today. As I reflect on my relationship with her, I thought I would share what I have learned, directly and in...
Barbara Palmer
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Time Stood Still
Time Stood Still. Literally … one year ago, my watch stopped. My watch has said 6:17 since late March 2020. At the time, there was no...
Barbara Palmer
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Sorry, Not Sorry.
Sorry. It’s a trigger word for me. Not the true apology where someone shows remorse for something they did to hurt or offend, but rather...
Barbara Palmer
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Public Service Announcement
Guest Wisdom. Anyone that knows me knows that I am passionate about women’s health and diagnostic screenings. A friend shared an...
Barbara Palmer
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
Ambition
Ambition. On the night when a woman ascended to the second-highest position in the land, a group of multigenerational women joined...
Barbara Palmer
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Talk Less, Listen More.
A client recently introduced me to Habit 5 of Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® and it has been on my mind ever...
Barbara Palmer
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Is the Grass Greener?
I started my first job at Paramount Pictures exactly 30 years ago TODAY. When I walked onto the Melrose studio lot, I felt movie magic....
Barbara Palmer
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Mind-FULL-ness
Uninspired. Like you, my world has gotten very small. I’m a hugger with few I am allowed to hug. A traveler not allowed to venture. ...
Barbara Palmer
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Work Worth Doing
Work Worth Doing. There is so much work to do: at work, at home, in society, and in our communities. It is sometimes hard to...
Barbara Palmer
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Clothes Off, Mask On
I had cancer. I turned 40 and went for a baseline mammogram.