Posts by Valerie Patrick
How to Overcome the Greatest Limitation to Being a Creator
You first must know what the greatest limitation to being a creator is before you can overcome the limitation. From my experience as an author (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1632651823), the head of the Creative Center at Bayer MaterialScience, and a Certified Creative Problem Solving Facilitator (https://www.cpsb.com/a-focus-on-facilitation), the greatest limitation to creativity is a false belief. The false belief…
Read MoreHow to Empower Yourself to be Creative
It’s possible to empower yourself to be creative because our brain is wired to create just like the title of Scott Barry Kaufman’s and Carolyn Gregoire’s book (Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire, Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, New York: Perigee, 2015). In fact, creativity guru and researcher Dr. Keith…
Read MoreHow Learners Make Learning Last
How learners make learning last is important to optimal talent development. The learner plays a big role in learning that lasts because the learner is central to the four elements that neuroscientists have discovered are critical to learning that lasts (https://membership.neuroleadership.com/material/the-science-of-making-learning-stick-an-update-to-the-ages-model-vol-5/). The first element to learning that lasts is the learner must focus attention on…
Read MoreHow to Learn Like a Leader
You want to learn like a leader because leaders learn how to navigate the interpersonal pitfalls preventing them from making a difference. Similarly, professionals can learn how to navigate the career pitfalls preventing them from finding fulfillment. Career pitfalls include misplaced motivation, unfocused learning, and stunted growth. This post explores how learning like a leader…
Read MoreTo Manage or To Lead in the Workplace
To manage or to lead in the workplace is a false dilemma because the nature of modern work demands both management and leadership skills. There is consensus across business researchers that management focuses on planning and executing work tasks while leadership focuses on visioning and engaging others to support the vision. The work situation can…
Read MoreSix Habits to Revolutionize Remote Work
The six habits to revolutionize remote work are according to an executive with over 10,000 hours of experience as a team leader in Fortune 100 companies and over 10,000 hours of experience as a professional facilitator. Remote work is revolutionized one remote interaction at a time. People interact better both in-person and remotely when they…
Read MoreThe Secret to Successful Leadership
The secret to successful leadership is using facilitation skills when the going gets rough. Leaders change things for the better. Leadership can be as simple as making a sign to guilt people into cleaning the office coffee cup rather than leaving it in the sink for someone else to clean. And leadership can be as…
Read MoreHow to Achieve Success in 8 Steps
If you are smart but frustrated with your career progress, then you are not alone! Others view me as “book smart” because I graduated second in my high school class, first in my college class, and I have a PhD in chemical engineering. But I interviewed for many jobs I didn’t get and I got…
Read MoreHow to Maximize On-Line Learning According to Neuroscience
The COVID-19 global pandemic is moving learning out of the classroom and online. But, according to the neuroscience of adult learning, there are three simple ways to maximize an on-line learning experience. First, find a space for on-line learning that provides very few distractions so you can have focused attention for the lecture portions of…
Read MoreUniversal Traits for an Ideal Subordinate
The Ideal Subordinate Universal traits for an ideal subordinate can be gleaned from science. The word “subordinate” implies a social structure. Scientists have found that there are predictable ways that human beings behave in social structures based on identified social needs. Specifically, if our social needs are being met, then our brain is happy and…
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