Twenty-Three Leadership Thoughts to Help You Start the New Year – January 1, 2023
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 leadership...
Getting Up Early in the Morning – December 1, 2022
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...
An “I-Watering” Insight from Trying to Grow Onions – November 1, 2022
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...
Using Good Judgment – October 1, 2022
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...
How Gratitude Can Help Us Handle Stress – September 1, 2022
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 the...
The First Resort of Leadership – August 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: As a Leader, What Is Your First Resort? Lots of people have talked and written about the last resort, whether it be in sports, politics, medicine, business or even marriage. It’s what we do when everything else that we have tried has failed. Let me...
When Your Load is Too Heavy – July 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE:When Your Load is Too Heavy This blog originated from a recent experience in which I was working to fill in a “washout” on a long gravel driveway with some fresh stone. The area was fairly large and to fill in the large low spot, I knew I would need...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part III of III – June 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings - Part III of III Part I of this blog (shared in April) discussed the importance of organizational meetings from the human connection and relationship perspective. In May, Part II addressed the issues of meeting structure and...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part II of III – May 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings – Part II of III Part I of this narrative was shared in the April blog that stressed the relationship and value component of meetings as well as the importance of interpersonal connections. In this part, attention will be...
Let’s Talk About Meetings, Part I of III – April 1, 2022
LEARN A LITTLE: Let’s Talk About Meetings – Part I of II I was recently reading a book written by an author, who was totally committed to the notion of getting things done, not wasting time and achieving the maximum profitability of the bottom line. While the author...