Patti Blackstaffe has always been a people person, understanding that it is people who drive companies to do better; people who do the hard frontline work to build the products and develop the software; people who are the cornerstone to communities large and small.
Patti speaks of a new leadership, a collaborative engaging leadership that builds community at home, in cities and in countries.
Voted onto the list of Top 30 Leadership Gurus for 2010 was an honour for Patti this year. Another honour is being called to collaborate with Dr. Benard Etta to contribute thoughts and ideas for Nation Builders International which has organized a global leadership conference on the 21st century, to be held from the 15th-21st of November 2010 in Yaoundé Cameroon Africa.
Patti is passionate about leadership and community.
She strives to encourage organizations of all sizes to see the benefit of recognizing humanity in decision making and that leadership is an attitude, an approach and a way of being that must involve the ideas and thoughts of the people we are priviledged to lead.
The world is changing.
Companies and leaders who recognize the shift, or transformation, that has been emerging over the last 10 years, will benefit from the visionary forward thinking Patti presents. Couple that with real-life stories and strategies she brings to the table for communities and organizations to forward themselves into a world that is screaming for collaboration and global cooperation and you have a talk worth attending.
When she is not up on the podium, Patti shows her clients real-life cost-effective processes they can use themselves to effectively colour outside their own lines for new actions, new solutions, new products and services and new results. She is the nitrous bottle in their race car!
What she isn’t – A Coach or Marketing Guru!
Her company, Strategic Sense, is passionate about building the internal and external relationships within a company that drive its success beyond the reach of their competitors. With a team of experts, Strategic Sense works with CEOs and Executives to help them realize that:
- Relationships trump data
- Rather than employees being coached out of their organizations by an ever changing business environment, companies can build the kind of relationships that keep their most innovative talent.
- Utilizing the talent of their out-of-the-box thinkers is crucial to a company’s ability to thrive in a new age that is still emerging and is yet completely undefined.
- Customers have changed, are smarter, do more research and purchase differently than ever before.
What she DOES – As a Business Relationship and Communications Strategist Patti brings new thought, atypical action and creative solutions for typical problems within organizations.
She is the creator of 14 Weeks of Managers Making the Mark ™ and In The Lead Seat ™ One-on-one programs for new and existing managers to rocket their relationship and communication techniques.
Her blog was included in the “101 Women Bloggers to Watch in 2009″ by WE Magazine for Women. She speaks at various Business and Women Events and works in corporate, small business and with individuals to help them ‘Kick It Up A Notch’ in their role as the key drivers within their companies. She has developed a Customer Service Score Card used to evaluate businesses in the area of customer service, another strong relationship area of focus. Acting as a ‘secret customer’ she will highlight ways your frontline can improve immediately without lengthy studies and surveys.
Her philosophy about companies and the people within holds a leading mindset – skills needed for leading in industry, in community and in a company role exist at every single level of an organization, and doesn’t just live in the CEO seat. Every individual on the planet owns personal responsibility for the actions they take in relationships, communication and collaborative efforts – regardless of what “position” they hold within society, a company or an organization. But she also knows that particular cultural mindset is fostered from the C-Suite!
Patti writes various articles, has been a guest blogger for Women On Business, and her blog is also mentioned in All Business a site dedicated to business blogs.
Patti is a Speaker and presenter for companies that care to be different, care to excel in Relationships and Customer Service. She champions employees to better understand the role of Social Media and being impeccable with their words and how their actions are reflective as ambassadors of their company!
In addition to her very busy work with Strategic Sense, she volunteers as Board Chair for Providence, a Health, Education and Therapy Centre for Preschool Children with disabilities.