Patty Azzarello

Patty Azzarello is an executive, best-selling author, speaker, and CEO/Business Advisor. She became the youngest general manager at HP at the age of 33, ran a billion dollar software business at 35 and became a CEO for the first time at 38 (all without turning into a self-centered, miserable jerk). Visit her at Azzarello Group.

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Fast Company

Take My Job, Please! Your Essential Guide To Succession Planning

Planning who will take over for you doesn’t have to be painful. Here’s how to get started letting go of your job.

Fast Company

The 2 Most Important Decisions An Executive Makes

What to let go of–and ask yourself–when making a leap up the ladder.

Fast Company

Don’t Meet Like That. Meet Like This

Stop the status review meetings already! Here’s how to turn mind-numbing meetings into something productive and valuable.

Fast Company

Crucial Tips On Delegating The Right Way, So Everyone Wins

Do you jump in the second you see an employee doing something wrong? That and other weak habits could be hurting your company more than you can imagine.

Fast Company

Your Company’s Worst Habits, And How To Fix Them

That great idea from 2007 is now just an obsolete wrench in the works–so why are you still using it? Every company needs to trim the fat; here’s how to get the ball rolling.

Fast Company

Practical Work-From-Home Policies That Actually Work

The dust is beginning to settle around Marissa Mayer’s infamous Yahoo lockdown. Now it’s time to begin putting together a comprehensive strategy that works for your company.

Fast Company

How To Lay Down The Law If Your Team Keeps Blowing Deadlines

How you treat project deadlines can speak volumes about your organization’s commitment to the work. These tough-love tips will get you moving like a well-oiled machine.

Fast Company

Why Sharing Power At Work Is The Very Best Way To Build It

Good leaders build a powerful team by sharing power, not by building themselves up (falsely) by imagining they can hoard power personally.

Fast Company

How To Evolve Your Own Job And Stay Relevant

It’s dangerous to rely on your job description to tell you what to do, or to wait for your manager to fine-tune your job. It’s much safer, valuable, and satisfying to do it yourself. Here’s how.

Fast Company

Why Sales People Actually Hate Leads

Warm or cool leads generated by marketing are typically just annoyances to sales people–ones that get in the way of their “real” work. Here’s how smart companies handle CRM and their marketing and sales teams to put a stop to the waste and increase revenue.

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

Ideas

The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

Ideas

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Entertainment

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

Entertainment

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

Entertainment

“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

Co.Design

Product

Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

Product

This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

Product

Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

Fast Company

Leadership

Six Words And Phrases That Make Everyone Hate Working With You

Entertainment

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

Leadership

Patty Azzarello

Stories by Patty AzzarelloRSS

Take My Job, Please! Your Essential Guide To Succession Planning

Planning who will take over for you doesn’t have to be painful. Here’s how to get started letting go of your job.

The 2 Most Important Decisions An Executive Makes

What to let go of–and ask yourself–when making a leap up the ladder.

Don’t Meet Like That. Meet Like This

Stop the status review meetings already! Here’s how to turn mind-numbing meetings into something productive and valuable.

Crucial Tips On Delegating The Right Way, So Everyone Wins

Do you jump in the second you see an employee doing something wrong? That and other weak habits could be hurting your company more than you can imagine.

Your Company’s Worst Habits, And How To Fix Them

That great idea from 2007 is now just an obsolete wrench in the works–so why are you still using it? Every company needs to trim the fat; here’s how to get the ball rolling.

Practical Work-From-Home Policies That Actually Work

The dust is beginning to settle around Marissa Mayer’s infamous Yahoo lockdown. Now it’s time to begin putting together a comprehensive strategy that works for your company.

How To Lay Down The Law If Your Team Keeps Blowing Deadlines

How you treat project deadlines can speak volumes about your organization’s commitment to the work. These tough-love tips will get you moving like a well-oiled machine.

Why Sharing Power At Work Is The Very Best Way To Build It

Good leaders build a powerful team by sharing power, not by building themselves up (falsely) by imagining they can hoard power personally.

How To Evolve Your Own Job And Stay Relevant

It’s dangerous to rely on your job description to tell you what to do, or to wait for your manager to fine-tune your job. It’s much safer, valuable, and satisfying to do it yourself. Here’s how.

Why Sales People Actually Hate Leads

Warm or cool leads generated by marketing are typically just annoyances to sales people–ones that get in the way of their “real” work. Here’s how smart companies handle CRM and their marketing and sales teams to put a stop to the waste and increase revenue.

Ideas

Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Entertainment

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

Co.Design

Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

Fast Company

Six Words And Phrases That Make Everyone Hate Working With You

Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

Four Work-Life Questions To Ponder On Vacation This Summer