Charmaine E. Hammond

A must read... transformation is possible, Nov 13 2012

WOW! This book is powerful. The raw authenticity that Farhana shares about her transformation to cope with the ending of her marriage was incredibly moving, thought provoking and I know this book will help many people coping with their family change and embracing the new roles that come with separation and divorce. Farhana answers the questions that people think about and don't speak about.... truly a powerful book.

Charmaine Hammond
Best Selling Author
On Toby's Terms

Insights to the tough decisions in business, Feb 19 2012

I just finished reading The Book of Hard Choices, and appreciated the many examples of the tough decisions in business.

Autry talked about the four types of clients:
1) Reasonable and fair clients
2) Unpredictable and troublesome clients
3) Difficult and Demanding clients
4) Bullies

We have all probably dealt with several types of these clients. Autry discusses the challenging dilemma of dealing with these situations involving the more difficult clients, while maintaining your integrity and self respect.

He also talks about the importance of never being driven by fear in terms of making important decisions and to remember the long term… Read more

Lead change... in the right direction. A Must Read for Change Agents., Feb 19 2012

Small businesses, entrepreneurs and authors can learn a lot about why some changes just don't work for them. Author John P. Kotter is a change management expert, and his book Leading Change offers some great insights that can help any business move through change with more ease. First we need to understand what gets in the way of an effective change process:

Kotter says that businesses fail with their change processes because:

- They allow too much complacency

- They fail to create a powerful and effective change guiding coalition

- They underestimate the power of vision

- They under communicate the vision- communication is actions and… Read more