by Art Dykstra | Aug 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Knowing the Right Thing to Do Requires Judgment All one has to do today is look around–at the news, social media, in Boardrooms or legislative chambers–and you will see disconcerting examples of poor judgment. Such observations call to mind...
by Art Dykstra | Jul 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Done, But Not Finished One of the curious behaviors of so many organizational leaders is their constant preoccupation with being finished. Personal organizers that will help such individuals become finished seem to be breeding on the web and there are...
by Art Dykstra | Jun 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: What Are Your Values? A recent conversation with a colleague stayed with me and prompted the following thoughts. We were discussing his place of employment and he remarked, “My boss only cares about one thing—the bottom line.” I asked if the company...
by Art Dykstra | May 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: An Important Question How would you answer this question? “If, at the end of the day, you could have more of something than you had when you woke up, what would that be?” When asked a question similar to the one above, Charlie Munger, a billionaire,...
by Art Dykstra | Apr 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Open and Honest Communication I realize that the title of this blog is almost a leadership cliché, but I would like to share some thoughts about the importance of the concept. Has the thought occurred to you as leaders that what we do is messy? In...
