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...
by Art Dykstra | Oct 3, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Using Good Judgment I was shopping in a department store recently when I noticed a sign posted next to the employee lounge that read, “Use your good judgment in all situations. There are no additional rules.” Today there is no shortage of...
by Art Dykstra | Sep 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: How Gratitude Can Help Us Handle Stress Recently, my wife and I were returning to our home in Illinois after attending a conference in Louisiana. While on a busy stretch of Interstate 55 in Missouri, a tire on our vehicle blew out–and that was...
