by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Two Hunters Our recent snowfall reminded me of the following story. As recently happened, there was a very heavy snowfall. Since it was deer-hunting season, two human service CEOs decided to take the day off and test their skills in a farm field in...
by Art Dykstra | Jan 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: The Power of Workplace Harmony I like folk and gospel music, especially the simple cord progressions and rich vocal harmonies around the melody. I was listening to such a song recently (Okay…. It was the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’”), and...
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: On Being an Encourager Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Am I mostly an encourager or a discourager?” I inserted “mostly” into the sentence to make the point that very few of us behave the same way all the time. How you answer the above...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Greatness Once again, this month’s thought to share comes from dialogue with a leader discouraged by the low level of engagement of the employees with which she works. Some are even top-level administrative staff. Our discussion led to a conversation...
by Art Dykstra | Oct 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: The Seven Bad Habits of Highly Ineffective Leaders I was talking with a friend recently who had just been appointed as the CEO of a large human service organization. He was somewhat curious about his new role and asked, “What’s the worst mistake a...
