by Art Dykstra | Jan 5, 2021 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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...
by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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...
by Art Dykstra | Oct 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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....
by Art Dykstra | Sep 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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...
by Art Dykstra | Aug 1, 2020 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
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...
