Tag Archives: Leadership

Being Careful Who We Follow

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Patti Fralix

Leaders have followers. In fact, it is the followers who make leaders powerful. It is important that we follow leaders who take us to places we should go, and not to places we just want to go. Leaders we follow … Continue reading →

Every Chance I Get

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Patti Fralix

I listen to podcasts a lot, usually when I am walking. On my walk earlier today, I heard one of Hoda Kotb of the Today Show’s podcasts with Wintley Phipps. I had never heard of Wintley Phipps, but I was … Continue reading →

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The Leadership Model

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Patti Fralix

The focus of this month’s blogs is Leadership. I define Leadership as Inspiring and Developing Others. Leadership is being played out on the world stage with what is happening in Ukraine and around the globe. It is also being played … Continue reading →

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Leading Oneself

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Patti Fralix

Leadership is all about inspiring and developing others. Those considered leaders make a (hopefully positive) impact on the lives of other people. This is done when one has a life worthy of inspiring others. I don’t know of anyone who … Continue reading →

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Leadership in Real-Time

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Patti Fralix

The focus of this month’s blogs is Leadership. Leadership is one of the three areas of emphasis of The Fralix Group and has been for all of the twenty-nine years of the business. What is Leadership? The dictionary defines Leadership … Continue reading →

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Leading from the Inside Out

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Patti Fralix

Leadership has always been one of my driving forces. I think my interest in leadership comes from the influence of my given family, especially my mother, father(s,) and maternal grandmother. Some of the influence was not positive, but it all … Continue reading →

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The Little Voice and the Feeling Inside

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Patti Fralix

How often do we hear a little voice inside of us, or feel in our gut that we should not do something, and we do it anyway? If this resonates with you, you can think of more than one example … Continue reading →

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Management that Matters

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Patti Fralix

She works in a bar and grill at Oak Island during the summer while she is out on college break. Mike and I had recently met her there. I learned that she previously worked at a local restaurant. Mike and … Continue reading →

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Connected to Beaumont

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Patti Fralix

Texas is suffering immeasurable loss due to Hurricane Harvey and the tropical storms that followed. Houston has been hit very hard, which was predicted, although that does not make it any easier to deal with if you are one of … Continue reading →

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Paying Attention to Discontinuities

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Patti Fralix

Change is disruptive. Whether it is a positive change or a negative one, it is still disruptive. Sometimes we do not see the change coming, and it catches us off guard. At other times, we should see it coming, … Continue reading →

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