Patricia Adams, President of Zeitgeist Wellness Group, has grown her business from a single San Antonio location to a national presence, operating in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. This energetic woman is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of ABCs of Change - Three Building Blocks to Happy Relationships, who shared her advice and success at our March Sterling Bank Women's Business Initiative luncheon.
The expansion of Patricia's business had an unlikely beginning. The attorney she was leasing space from notified her that she'd have to move from the building to accommodate his expanding practice. Negotiating her relocation created a win-win dialogue and caused her to change her business model from one of direct service to a network of providers and services.
She advises using an inverted triangle as an organizational building block. Creating a large base of smart associates allows us to do things differently, including effectively balancing working "in" our businesses and "on" our businesses. And to foster win-win dialogues we must take care of those who take care of us.
Patricia has taken mentoring extremely seriously, creating an incubation model which includes office space and funding in addition to providing business advice.
She reminds us that win-win dialogues result from the words we use and the stances that we take in helping others achieve their goals.
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Patricia must have taken great strides to overcome all problems that beset her. Her success is inspiring, and new entrepreneurs would do well to take up one or two of her lessons. Is that her book? Where can you avail of it?
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