by Art Dykstra | May 1, 2024 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Some Thoughts About Hope It’s interesting to note how our minds can do amazing things without our intending them to do so. Let me give you an example. Recently I was talking with a friend, who is a psychologist, and he was commenting on the proximal...
by Art Dykstra | Mar 29, 2024 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Five Dimensions of Leadership There are hundreds of definitions of leadership – what most have in common is the dynamic of influence between leaders and their followers as they work toward a common goal, accomplished in a positive manner. Many...
by Art Dykstra | Mar 1, 2024 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: How Are You Working? I think it was about 20 years ago when I came across a research article written by Amy Wrzesniewski, PhD, from the University of Michigan entitled “Jobs, Careers and Callings.” It was pioneering research presented from the...
by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2024 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Thinking About Eating It isn’t unusual for my wife Anita and I to go out for dinner during the course of the week. I don’t remember exactly when we began labeling these experiences, but we basically sort them into one of three categories: a) refueling,...
by Art Dykstra | Jan 5, 2024 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Some Thoughts About Career Advancement I recently got a call from a young person in his early 30’s, who wanted to know if he could come by and talk with me about his career. I had met him at a recent conference and spent some time getting acquainted....
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Thinking About Problems Thinking about thinking is a serious undertaking. One can wander the paths of convergent thinking, divergent thinking or even Edward De Bono’s notions of lateral thinking. If you wander off the path, however and begin to wrestle...
