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I am reading Patty McCord's book, Powerful and I am so happy I am. She is a rockstar, my HR idol, my hero! If I could meet her, I would bow down and kiss her feet. Here's why- She did everything at Netflix I always wanted to do in HR at previous companies I worked for but was not allowed to do! She did things I got in trouble for suggesting... I am only on chapter 1 and I won't review every chapter like I did with some other books but here is my Chapter 1 highlights. Patty does such a great job summarizing in her "in brief" section so she saves you time... plus I want anyone who owns a business or runs a department to pick up copies for yourself and your teams and hire me to facilitate good discussion to jump start yoir organization culture change so you can make more money! Trust me... they got it right at Netflix! Being in HR/Talent Management for over 10 years,  I know what she's doing is right and refreshing! I love you Patty! Here are some cha

In March, I plan to highlight and review the works of many women authors that have inspired my life! Here are a few of the titles I plan to review or at least highlight and show some love to: Patty McCord- Powerful Chelsea Handler- Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me Jojo Moyes- Still Me, One Plus One, Me Before You Rachel Hollis- Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing Megyn Kelly- Settle for More Christy Turlington- Living Yoga Allison Shapira-  Speak with Impact JK Rowling- Harry Potter Austen- Pride and Prejudice What are your favorite women authors? How has a woman inspired your life? Thank you, Peace and Love,  Coach Kerry

I am a Leadership Development Consultant, Blogger, and Mompreneur. I write a blog called: www.MomOhLogue.com. The blog provides deep thoughts, humor, offers of hope, help, positivity and encouragement to all humans. My Consulting and Coaching business provides assistance to anyone with a goal and a dream. I am an insightful Human Resources Professional with over 10 years of experience. I have a strong background in varied industries including government, financial services, media, pharmaceutical sales, and retail. I have a Master of Arts with distinction in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Labor Studies from Hofstra University. I was Top 30 Under 30 (in learning industry) in 2011 at the Masie Learning Conference. In my spare time, I enjoy bonding with my 4 daughters ages 8, 5, 4, and 2 months old. I also enjoy being active in the community; I just successfully organized and ran a fundraiser to support Postpartum Su

I am going to keep these chapter reviews short and sweet. I am ready to move on to the next author by March 1st so I can honor Women's History Month. So here are each chapter's highlights according to me so we can finish this book: Chapter 7 - the shift is from Ladder Climbing to Ladder Building. "This leadershift is about changing from being a personal producer to an equipper of others." Ladder stages: How high can I climb? Know your strengths- take the Strengthsfinder quiz ( Take Survey Here ); know where you can improve; take steps every day to improve. Ladder Holding Ladder extending- ladder extenders are specialists Ladder building-release people to lead on their own. Help others build their own ladder. Mentor others Ladder Building: 7 Capacities: Energy Emotional Thinking People Creative Production Leadership Chapter 8 - Directing to Connecting- the Communication Shift Directing vs. Connecting- good comparison chart in the book &q

The Abundance Shift... Seriously,  leaders, buy this book!! I can't give away all his secrets- you need to join this journey and buy a copy. Follow along and comment...or text me if you would like coaching on these topics. I am being certified in March on all his Leadership material. 631-627-2686 Check out my website for rates under "products"... www.kerryblomberg.com 1. Unlock your Mental Blocks- 7 of them... I overcame many of these when launching my own consulting business. The hardest ones to me are #s 3-5: Follow all the Rules, Avoid Ambiguity and Failure is Bad... What is blocking you? 2. Creative Principles to Live By: Some examples include Fuel Passion and Minimize Hierarchy... 3. Here are some of John's awesome quotes...

This chapter is packed with information. Please buy this book! The chapter dives into topics such as: 1. Performance management 2. Giving tough feedback 3. Stop trying to please everyone 4. The 25-50-25 Principle 5. 5 Levels of Leadership 6. Care vs. Candor 7. Positive psychology Here are two great quotes:

When I think of myself as a leader, this picture I took in Colorado Springs comes to mind- the huge mountain I climbed over a decade ago. When you are a leader,  it's always an uphill battle. It is hard to lead when you lead right because it is your actions that inspire people the most. I need to always be doing the right thing. Right now, it is costing me a lot to lead because I know that anything worth doing is not easy. If it were easy, everyone would lead. Looking at this picture and reading chapter 4, I think of the following: 1. Leaders never look back  (if you do, you may fall) 2. Climbing up is slow,  steady, and worth the patience because once you succeed, you can celebrate with the other people around you who were encouraging you. 3. It is scary!! Sometimes you walk up alone but you must be prepared to do that if you want to be a good leader. 4. Consistency is key 5. To reach your potential,  you must pay the price. 6. You must believe in yourself 7. There is h

This chapter is amazing. It truly proves how setting goals to achieve numbers is not enough and not the way to truly accomplish growth for your organization/business/self these days. If you seek to grow as a person, the numbers will follow on their own. Having launched my own business and am really putting myself out there now, I truly am focused on doing this business not for monetary numbers (make $425k per year) or popularity numbers (total blog views) but rather to grow my own skills and try to do something that has never been done before- make a change in this world for the better, inspire my 4 daughters and other struggling working Moms, etc. If I only focused on total blog views of around 4,500 to date, I would feel sad compared to those with millions of views but to me, I am growing and planting my seeds and helping at least one other person. To me, that is true value,  not some total blog view number! And this is exactly what this chapter alludes to. Pick up your copy

If you ever want to get a pain-free, soulful, therapeutic, artistic, and creative experience where you show the vision and the artist makes it come to life with her interpretation and insight, then visit Dutchman tattoo shop and see Lynn in Bohemia,  New York. I felt so comfortable and happy in her chair. I trust her completely and felt like I knew her for a long time. I cannot wait to go back for more of her art on my body! This tattoo means everything to me- it's my entire world, heart, and soul in this life and I am glad my niece recommended this shop to me. Thanks again! Here are a few fun pics!

Not bad for $100! I will do this again in July after I lose 40 lbs... Can't wait! Such a fun experience. I recommend for anyone to do this once in your life. My favorite is the 1st and last one- Peace and Love- Kerry

This chapter is about how you can get more from your people by giving more to them. Sow more seeds and get a better crop. Common sense yet the author makes a great point- if it's so common, why isn't everyone doing it now? Forget your own agenda and bring people along with you. Make beautiful music together! Here are a couple pics of my favorite parts of this chapter... and seriously,  buy this book! And we are the dreamers of the dreams!