FORTUNE
The real leadership crisis isn’t strategy. It’s that we’ve forgotten how to tell each other the truth.
How do you put a cost on truth left unsaid? Read this excerpt from The Origin of a Leader in Fortune.
The Origin of a Leader is a National Bestseller
THE GLOBE & MAIL
Your childhood home may say a lot about your leadership today.
Pam Manfredo Curtis has worked with top corporate leaders for 35 years, discussing their best and worst moments and how to improve. The big lesson she has drawn from them is that the most significant predictor of how you show up in your interpersonal interactions as a leader is your childhood.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The Leadership Advantage You Can’t Delegate: Why Referent Power Matters More Than Ever
Formal authority can produce compliance for a period of time. Referent power creates commitment. Here's how.
NEW YORK POST
Gen Z blames parents for their failures — psychologists say they’re right, study.
According to the study, 25% of Zoomers now blame their parents for their physical or mental health problems, 17% say they’re the reason they struggle in relationships, and 15% fault their folks for their low motivation. Curtis said that, through the recognition process, patients explore how their parents’ behaviors affect or trigger their own patterns and can resolve to change them.
BUSINESS INSIDER
I coach executives. AI makes their emotional intelligence more valuable, not less.
In our field, there's a lot of focus on empathy, tuning in to others, and helping them understand why they show up the way they do. Oftentimes, the answer lies in childhood.
PODCASTS
SiriusXM Business Radio
Watch and listen to Tom Linebarger, Chairman and CEO of Mainspring Energy, in conversation with Pam Manfredo Curtis on the topics and takeaways from her new book, The Origin of a Leader.
LIFT with Pattie Sellers and Anne Marie Chaker:
Pattie and Anne Marie sit down with top executive coach and best-selling author Pam Manfredo Curtis to discuss her new book, The Origin of a Leader, and how our childhood experiences shape the way we lead. Pam explores how understanding our family patterns can reveal our strengths, transform the way we navigate relationships
School for Startups with Patrick Cummings & Jim Beach
Office Hours with David Meltzer
In this episode, David explores resilience, leadership, personal transformation, and the power of turning difficult experiences into meaningful change with three inspiring entrepreneurs and leaders.
Power your Parenting with Colleen O'Grady
In this episode of Power Your Parenting: Moms with Teens, I talk with Dr. Pam Manfredo-Curtis, author of The Origin of a Leader: Transforming Family Patterns into Leadership Power. Pam shares a fascinating idea: our earliest experiences at home shape how we communicate, handle conflict, build relationships, and ultimately lead. And because our kids are learning these skills first from us, developing leadership in our teens starts with looking at what we are modeling at home.
Reboot Podcast - The Childhood Patterns Driving How You Lead
Jerry and Pam unpack how our childhood environments and formative experiences shape the belief systems and blocks we carry into adulthood and leadership.
Coaching for Leaders: How to Get Unblocked
All of us get blocked, and when we do, our tendency is to set aside or sometimes to run away from our emotions. Today’s guest invites us to do the exact opposite so we can actually tap into our leadership power.
BOOK REVIEWS
How To Transform The Influences Of Your Childhood Into Your Unique And Most Effective Leadership Style
Grounded in decades of psychological analysis, executive coaching, and behavioral data, Curtis elaborates that how leaders perform today is dramatically influenced by their childhood, with patterns formed early in life continuing to shape behavior, decision-making, and relationships at the highest levels.
Is Childhood Running Leadership?
Childhood shows up in adulthood. But your past doesn’t control you. Notice how your early life shows up today. See the pattern. Choose a healthy response. How does your childhood show up in your leadership?
