by Art Dykstra | Mar 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Spending Time with Staff By now, most people have heard or read the research observation, “Employees don’t leave their companies, they leave their boss or supervisor,” or some variation on that theme. Recently, I was talking with a colleague, who...
by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Two Hunters Our recent snowfall reminded me of the following story. As recently happened, there was a very heavy snowfall. Since it was deer-hunting season, two human service CEOs decided to take the day off and test their skills in a farm field in...
by Art Dykstra | Jan 1, 2022 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: The Power of Workplace Harmony I like folk and gospel music, especially the simple cord progressions and rich vocal harmonies around the melody. I was listening to such a song recently (Okay…. It was the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’”), and...
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: On Being an Encourager Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Am I mostly an encourager or a discourager?” I inserted “mostly” into the sentence to make the point that very few of us behave the same way all the time. How you answer the above...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Greatness Once again, this month’s thought to share comes from dialogue with a leader discouraged by the low level of engagement of the employees with which she works. Some are even top-level administrative staff. Our discussion led to a conversation...
by Art Dykstra | Oct 1, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: The Seven Bad Habits of Highly Ineffective Leaders I was talking with a friend recently who had just been appointed as the CEO of a large human service organization. He was somewhat curious about his new role and asked, “What’s the worst mistake a...
