Ten years ago I left the heart of Silicon Valley and “bought the farm” – figuratively that is, when I purchased a 200 acre property in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. It certainly was a dramatic change from the hustle of Palo Alto, CA. moving to the quietude of a mountain more »

My staff and I just returned from the graduation of 40 Cisco System’s High Potentials who graduated from their Leadership in Action program , designed and facilitated by The Patnaude Group Inc. It is now one of our Vital/Virtual programs that starts and ends with an “In-person” day (Vital) and the 6 leadership lessons taught more »

I happen to live only twenty miles from one of America’s most acclaimed restaurants in the world, The Inn at Little Washington. While their food is superior to what most of us swallow in our normal routine, that is not what distinguishes them from the rest of the competition. They achieve their global recognition by more »

It was while assisting my Ferrier the other day in trimming my horse’s hooves that he told me this story of Depression Hill. As a Canadian by birth, he lived in the province of Alberta where the fame of this hill resides. Here is the story: During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, the Canadian more »