ABOUT PAM GOLDMAN AND
THE POSITIVE PATH
I start with the person.
The strategy follows.
HOW I GOT HERE
I did not set out to run a business.
My goal was to help people,
and the rest followed.
I trained as a therapist and practiced for years, with a master's in clinical psychology and roots in therapeutic services. That work taught me the thing everything else is built on: how to hear what someone is actually saying underneath what they are telling you.
The advisory side of my work was present from early on. With founders and executives, the conversation frequently widened past the personal and into the operational, the contract that needed a second read, the negotiation that had to be worked out response by response, the decision that could not wait for the next scheduled session. I also ran operations at the Senior VP level, sent into hospitals across the country where systems and cultures had broken down, so this was familiar ground. The advisory work sits at the center of what I do for many clients.
I called it The Positive Path because I wanted a name that held both hope and growth. The path is the growth, and we walk it together. I'm always honored to be invited onto that journey with someone.
The heart of it never changed. Whether we are working on a company or a life, the job is the same: hear the person clearly, then build the skills no one ever actually taught them.
EXECUTIVE ADVISOR & COACH
Decades of experience
Working with clients across
the US & internationally
Pam Goldman, MA
Whether it's a founder, a team, or a couple,
the same few patterns keep surfacing.
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PERFECTIONISM
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CONFLICT AVOIDANCE
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PEOPLE-PLEASING
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DISCONNECTION
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME
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OVER-COMMITTING
WHAT I BELIEVE
You don't have worth because of your title, status, salary, or what you do.
You have worth simply because you exist.
MY BACKGROUND
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TRAINING
Psychology and therapeutic services. The training to see what's really going on under the surface. -
OPERATIONS
I served as Senior VP at a Fortune 500 healthcare company, sent into hospitals across the country where systems and cultures had broken down. I know how a large organization actually runs,
because I've run them. -
WHO I WORK WITH
Founders, executives, teams, individuals, couples, and co-founder partnerships.