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Patrick Leddin

April 2020  - TD Magazine

4 Ways to Check for Leadership Blindspots

July 2018 - TD Magazine

Book Capsules, July 2018

Everyone is talking about the positive workplace! From The Journal of Positive Psychology to Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal, improving productivity through workplace well-being is the hottest topic around. Join industry-leading experts Kim Rowe and Patrick Howell for this dynamic, application-focused webinar, and learn to transform your workplace into a positive one.
Find answers to some important questions:

Why do some organizations change, grow, and perform better than others?
Why do certain employees remain engaged, stay focused, and exude optimism, while others are easily distracted and disengaged?
What makes some organizations great places to work, fostering lasting friendships and professional relationships?

The Positive Workplace provides solutions to these crucial questions through the scientific findings of Positive Organizational Scholarship and Applied Positive Psychology, and provides simple, research-based actions that will help you exponentially increase the well-being, engagement, and productivity of your team.
You will learn:

how a positive workplace can increase productivity
practical, research-validated methods to effect change, improve engagement, increase focus, enhance workplace relationships, and bolster resilience
why fostering well-being contributes to reduced turnover, greater revenue, and increased profitability.


The Positive Workplace: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Exceptional Performance

Valerie Patrick, a Ph.D. chemical engineer and President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, is a facilitator, trainer, coach and professional speaker that specializes in leadership of and by STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals. Dr. Patrick has 25 years of corporate experience leading technical and strategic initiatives to identify and deliver new sources of business value at Bayer and Monsanto. For example, Dr. Patrick delivered millions of dollars in business impact as Head of Sustainability for Bayer’s North America operations reporting to CEO Mr. Greg Babe. Dr. Patrick also has over 10,000 hours of experience leading teams and is a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators and a trained Creative Problem Solving Facilitator through the Creative Problem Solving Group of Buffalo. In 2018, Dr. Patrick got certified with distinction in the foundations of neuroleadership by the NeuroLeadership Institute.

Valerie Patrick

Love and laughter are magical. They have the power to build bonds, forge trust, and improve productivity. Yet many leaders are uncomfortable with letting go and connecting at the most human level. Some see it as unprofessional, others as silliness with no purpose. But this is far from the truth. From physical and emotional benefits, all the way to mission accomplishment, love and laughter are the most essential, foundational parts of our leadership. Nothing real happens without them. This session will engage attendees with the latest science supporting love and laughter and the impact it can have on our organizations and those we lead. Participants will learn how to harness love as their most effective leadership strategy and the importance of love as the foundation for any leadership approach. They will also discover how laughter can be used to build trust and camaraderie among diverse teams in the workplace.   

Leading with Love and Laughter

August 2011 - TD Magazine

The Best of Best Practices: Critical Success Factors for Identifying and Measuring Industry-Leading Management Solutions

Feedback: No one wants it, no one wants to give it. It’s a loaded word, and one that has the capacity to strike fear in the heart of both the recipient and the deliverer. But it’s more than the interplay of minds, language, and egos. The ability of leaders to foster organizational environments conducive to regular feedback isn’t easily cultivated. But failure to do so threatens our ability to achieve organizational objectives. In a time of leading amidst more complexity than ever, leaders and managers must uncover the secrets to making feedback work at all levels.
In this webcast, you will:

Review the neurological and biological factors that contribute to fear of feedback.
Address the organizational barriers that impact our ability to provide and receive feedback.
Uncover the organizational and personal costs of avoiding feedback.
Identify specific skills required to engage in the feedback loop.
 


Getting Over Your Fear of Giving Feedback

While most organizations require their people to work in teams, few are able to truly capitalize on the strategic advantage of functional and cohesive teams. The process doesn’t have to be overly complicated, however.
Based on the bestselling book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, this webcast will offer a simple, yet powerful framework that will help team members learn to work together more efficiently and effectively, leading to extraordinary business results. Attendees will:

Learn about the five behaviors of a cohesive team framework and how to apply it to their teams.
Access tips and tools for making teamwork their competitive advantage.
Discover wisdom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni.
 


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