by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: CLEARING THE TABLE A friend of mine, Don Blackburn, was not only a terrific psychologist but he was also a great colleague and pool player. We played many – and I mean many – games of Eight Ball, a popular billiard game. Unfortunately, I am sad to...
by Art Dykstra | Jan 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Thoughts Borrowed from Stephen Covey We as people all bring our own “musical” notes to work every day. We all have a tune in our heads and some are better than others. The word harmony comes from the Greek and means joint, concordance,...
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog
LEARN A LITTLE: “Moods at the top move the fastest!” I was talking with a colleague recently and while describing her boss she said, “…and she’s always in a bad mood.” Several thoughts came to mind. The first was that employees do indeed notice and pay...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
LEARN A LITTLE: Chameleon Droppings Are Worse Than Mouse Droppings In Any Organization Walking around a large organization, you are likely to see all kinds of things—people working, people on cell phones, memos on bulletin boards, coffee pots, and in the fall when you...
by Art Dykstra | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Some Common Mistakes in Delegating Tasks I was talking with a colleague recently and he was lamenting the shortcomings of delegation, namely that delegated tasks were shoddy and often incomplete. Perhaps there is an explanation. My purpose here is not...
