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
- 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
- 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 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 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
- 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.
Barbara Palmer
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
Rough Week
It’s been a hard week.
Barbara Palmer
- Sep 18, 2020
- 4 min
Boundaries
Boundaries. It has never been more important to establish and try to hold boundaries. I emphasize ‘try’ because there may be times or...
Barbara Palmer
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
Tithe
The concept of tithing to a religious organization has always been tied to donations, but recently (and oddly, I might add), I have been...
Barbara Palmer
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
For Now
For Now. Powerful words that help with perspective and preparation. As a self-described realist, ‘for now’ allows me to be present, but...
Barbara Palmer
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
I'm Tired
I’m Tired. I imagine you are tired too. Clients, partners, friends, and family, I hear similar stories on each call: lack of motivation,...