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About Patti Fralix

Patti Fralix inspires positive change in work, life, and family through Speaking, Consulting, and Coaching in three specialty areas: Leadership, Managing Differences, and Customer Service. Her leadership firm, The Fralix Group, Inc., has been helping clients achieve practical and tangible results for twenty-two years.

The SAUCE of Change

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Eric Hoffer, a moral philosopher, said it best: “In a time of drastic change, it is the learner who will inherit the future; the learned will find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.”  I do … Continue reading →

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New Behaviors of a Recovering Spendaholic

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Perhaps you have heard the phrases, “little things mean a lot” and “less is more.”  That is certainly true about some of my life lessons these last few years.  When I stopped spending for an entire year soon after Hurricane … Continue reading →

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Being a Great Guest

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Patti Fralix

The holidays are fast approaching, and for many, it is time to get ready for company.  This is the time of the year that many travel to be with family and friends.   From Thanksgiving until New Years the airways … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Holidays and Family

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Summer has come and gone, and football season is going strong.  We have just entered the busiest time of the year.  From October through December, holidays abound.  With Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November, and Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa in … Continue reading →

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Ambiguity

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Last week’s Hurricane Matthew that ravaged Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina after devastating Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba was a good lesson in dealing with ambiguity.  Many people in the southern U.S. had time to prepare and … Continue reading →

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Out Of Our Control

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Patti Fralix

This week has been a difficult one for many along the eastern part of the United States, as well as in the Caribbean, due to Hurricane Matthew.  As I write this, Hurricane Matthew has passed through Haiti and Cuba, and … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Change

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Fall has finally come, although in the South with temperatures still in the 80’s, it doesn’t feel like Fall.  Regardless, it is.  Fall is being talked about as the second new year.  This time in the year we seem to … Continue reading →

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When an Apology is NOT an Apology

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Patti Fralix

There is much in the media in recent days about an apology that really is not an apology.  The specifics of the “apology” is not my focus in this article.  My intent is to differentiate when an apology is not … Continue reading →

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Being Our Best Selves

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Patti Fralix

I am going to stick my neck out here, and I am afraid that it might get chopped off!  But I must be true to what I believe.  I am reading some things lately about authenticity and being true to … Continue reading →

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Speaking Truth to Power

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Patti Fralix

Some will remember Anita Hill’s sexual harassment case against Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas in the early 1990’s.  I certainly do.  That was around the same time that I was precipitously fired. I had been hired to make massive … Continue reading →

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