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Nomad, Not Vacation.
Nomad, Not Vacation. I’ve had people ask how my vacation is going and I want to clarify that I am Open for Business! In fact, since...

Barbara Palmer
Jul 12, 20232 min read


Leaders, Parents & the 101
Leaders, Parents & the 101. In my Next Level Leadership training, I ask the question: is leadership how you lead or how your employees...

Barbara Palmer
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Do ALL the Things.
Do ALL the Things. Arriving at the first stop on my nomad adventure, there was a whiteboard listing a bunch of activities. Entitled...

Barbara Palmer
Jun 1, 20233 min read


Progress Over Perfection
Progress Over Perfection. It’s been a while. I was afraid that what I was thinking and writing wasn’t my best; wasn’t perfect. Then I...

Barbara Palmer
May 10, 20232 min read


Community.
Community. I love what it means to be a part of a community: being in community, being a part of something bigger than myself, having an...

Barbara Palmer
Mar 22, 20233 min read


Funny. Now Toss it.
Funny. Now toss it. I am in the process of purging 56 years of ‘stuff’. Easy with furniture, clothes and household goods. Not so easy...

Barbara Palmer
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Nomad
Nomad. In less than 90 days, I am embarking on a new adventure. A scary, exciting, at times overwhelming, opportunity to ‘sample’ the...

Barbara Palmer
Jan 4, 20233 min read


Impact
Impact. I upset a client last week. That was not my intent, but my intent doesn’t matter. The impact of my words was the result of my...

Barbara Palmer
Dec 5, 20222 min read


Just
Just. ‘Just’ has always been a trigger word for me. Trivializing, judgmental, showing a lack of respect. Wow! Those are some big...

Barbara Palmer
Oct 14, 20223 min read


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. ...

Barbara Palmer
Sep 28, 20222 min read


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
Sep 20, 20222 min read


Work Friends
Work Friends. I categorize most of my friends by the chapter of my life in which we met or came into each other’s orbits: childhood,...

Barbara Palmer
Sep 8, 20224 min read


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
Aug 9, 20222 min read


Smile File
Smile File. A while back, I wrote about a Win Bucket: a way to capture positive feedback and your wins both for your own satisfaction...

Barbara Palmer
Apr 28, 20222 min read


Burners
Burners. Picture a beautiful 6 burner Viking stove. Let’s name your burners. What needs ‘gas’ or fuel to burn; who and what in your...

Barbara Palmer
Apr 8, 20222 min read


Junk Drawer
Junk Drawer. If you’re like me, you have a junk drawer (or two or six…) where you throw the things you perceive to have value, but that...

Barbara Palmer
Mar 29, 20222 min read


The Future is Female
Our Future. To celebrate International Women’s Day this year and invest in the future of women leaders I will be holding free workshops...

Barbara Palmer
Feb 23, 20221 min read


Bravery
Bravery. I typed the word Bravery a few weeks ago and while I must have had a blog post in mind when I did, all I did was type the one...

Barbara Palmer
Feb 10, 20223 min read


Nice vs Kind
I got to spend time over the holidays with close friends and their parents. One night as I took on chef duties and my friend’s dad...

Barbara Palmer
Jan 20, 20222 min read


Words
Words. I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions and despite all of the people that do, there is data that suggests that by the...

Barbara Palmer
Jan 6, 20222 min read
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