by Art Dykstra | Mar 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: What’s Our Focus? I was talking with a friend recently who is a high-level executive working in the healthcare field. We were getting caught up on things, and I asked her what she was working on. I would not characterize her as a pessimist, but...
by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Grocery Cart Connections The truth of the matter is that I very rarely go grocery shopping, but on this particular day I accepted my wife’s invitation and accompanied her to buy a couple of weeks’ groceries. We were on vacation in southern...
by Art Dykstra | Jan 5, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Twenty-Three Leadership Thoughts to Help You Start the New Year – 2023 I was talking with a colleague recently who teaches Executive Leadership at a nearby college. We were exchanging ideas and insights that flow from the cardinal idea that...
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Getting Up Early in the Morning There’s research evidence that if you begin a talk or presentation with a question and hold the answer to the end, your audience will be more attentive because you have primed their curiosity pump. I thought I would try...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: An “I-Watering” Insight from Trying to Grow Onions You will have to stay with me through a bit of personal gardening history, but when you get to the end, I believe the insight I’ll share will be worth it. My wife and I both enjoy gardening, and we...
