Curious Leader April 1, 2021
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 fact,...
Curious Leader March 1, 2021
LEARN A LITTLE:The Principle of The Thirds You may have heard of the rule of thirds as it pertains to photography, but the principle of the thirds being shared here pertains to the nature of organizations and human dynamics. I have no statistical research to support...
Curious Leader February 1, 2021
LEARN A LITTLE:Driving with Your Foot on the Brake Recently my wife and I returned home after a road trip of nearly two thousand miles via a combination of two-lane highways and expressways. The trip was enjoyable and allowed us to catch up with one another, but it...
Curious Leader January 1, 2021
LEARN A LITTLE: Two Trips to the Dumpster I have often talked and written about taking out the trash, thoughts regarding the need for us to take out the garbage of our minds–especially as it relates to negative talk about ourselves and containers of smelly pessimism....
Curious Leader December 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE:It’s Amazing What Praising Can Do (part 2) As noted last month we shared some practical insights for praising and recognizing employees in the workplace. That list continues after the following introduction. It’s an established fact that effective...
Curious Leader November 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE:It’s Amazing What Praising Can Do (part 1) It’s a well-researched fact that praising and recognizing employees provides them with an uplifting moment and serves as a source of increased engagement. Rare indeed is the person who doesn’t feel encouraged...
Curious Leader October 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE: On Emotional Expression I was talking with a friend recently who shared the frustration that she was experiencing with her boss. It turns out that he exhibited what we sometimes call “flat affect,” communicating neither positive nor negative emotions....
Curious Leader September 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE:R U K M Recently I received an email that invited me to register for a professional training opportunity. The title intrigued me. It was on Compassion Cultivation. At first, I thought it was a joke – someone was kidding me. But that wasn’t the case. My...
Curious Leader August 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE:Laying Goals I have been thinking a lot about goals lately. Goals are indeed important in our lives because they help motivate us, organize us, prioritize the desires of our lives and allow us to advance our ambitions. But sometimes people forget that...
Curious Leader July 1, 2020
LEARN A LITTLE:The Time? 10:20 I find it intriguing to talk with people who carry around certain times in their minds, just as others carry around dates that are important to them. A friend of mine knows she was born at precisely 4:37 a.m. and now 437 is, in fact, her...