Patti Cotton https://patticotton.com Executive Coach & Career Strategist Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:02:22 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://patticotton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-136x150.png Patti Cotton https://patticotton.com 32 32 From Rumination to Reflection https://patticotton.com/from-rumination-to-reflection/ https://patticotton.com/from-rumination-to-reflection/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9842 Doing the Inner Work of Leadership If you are like most leaders I work with, your brain does not shut off when the workday ends. You replay conversations on the drive home. You lie awake thinking through scenarios. You revisit decisions and wonder what you missed. Some of that is simply caring. You take your […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/micro-moves-macro-impact/feed/ 1 Attention Agility https://patticotton.com/attention-agility/ https://patticotton.com/attention-agility/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:51:50 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9833 Attention Agility The Quiet Superpower of Leading in Complexity If you are leading in today’s environment, you are not just managing projects or people. You are leading in complexity, which means shifting priorities, messy problems with no single right answer, constant change, and a steady hum of uncertainty in the background. In that world, one […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/attention-agility/feed/ 0 How High Performers Quietly Arrive at Overload https://patticotton.com/how-high-performers-quietly-arrive-at-overload/ https://patticotton.com/how-high-performers-quietly-arrive-at-overload/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:14:59 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9827 The Success Scripts That Stopped Scaling In the last post, we named something many leaders feel but rarely say out loud. Your days are full. Your brain is full. And the work that matters most still slips to the margins. You now know this isn’t only a time problem. It’s a load problem – cognitive, […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/how-high-performers-quietly-arrive-at-overload/feed/ 0 Why Smart Leaders Can’t Focus Anymore https://patticotton.com/your-brain-is-full/ https://patticotton.com/your-brain-is-full/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:52:23 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9815 You close your laptop at the end of the day and scroll back through your calendar. You were in motion all day. Back-to-back meetings. A surprise crisis. A couple of “urgent” messages that weren’t actually urgent. A dozen threads, quick texts, and drive-by questions. And yet, the one thing that actually mattered – the conversation […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/your-brain-is-full/feed/ 1 Leading When Your Brain Is Full https://patticotton.com/leading-when-your-brain-is-full/ https://patticotton.com/leading-when-your-brain-is-full/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:45:22 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9811 Before We Begin Why Your Attention Is Now Your Leadership   You’re not imagining it. The leaders I work with – seasoned executives, new C-suite members, professionals who have built their careers on their capacity to think and decide – are telling me the same thing in different words. “I can’t get to my own […]

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