My new seminar, called Destiny Discovery is aimed at helping juniors and seniors (in private schools or clubs) find their vocation. One day experience, rooted in science and faith.
For corporations, specializing in conflict rection and customer service. Teacher training for private schools. Now, some online!
Coaching for managers, small business owners, and boards. 5 hours online for CDC Directors
There is substance in this book – and depth. Yet the reading is delightful. Of course I knew David Brooks from NBR’s NewsHour pundit section. Of course I knew he also wrote. I now have a much greater appreciation of the work of this nuanced thinker. Today when mature men walk down my favored block…
Top Ten Tips 1. There is no such thing as multi-tasking, there is only attention switching. 2. Disrupting attention leads to lower productivity. 3. Worrying about performance leads to mess-ups. An athlete, for instance, knows that best performance comes from automatic, not thought-through action. 4. One may reduce the 10,00 hours dramatically by using attention…
It sure is frustrating when people who know little about the situation are directive and dismissive. This is what normally happens with “friends” “giving advice” on work/professional situations. Very often people need to talk out ideas and strategies, brainstorm options, sort possibilities, and bounce off ideas, and evaluate with someone else. I agree: that is…
I have a seminar on customer service : Nothing but Net. It uses the basketball analogy because we were so proud of the Lady Raiders. Everyone needs to consider how they treat customers. If it is not top of your priority list, then you probably have problems you didn’t realize. Customer service/relations is the biggest…
Before I had heard about what happened up the road in Garland, my hyper-liberal friends were screaming about police brutality and complaining how conservatives were spinning the story. I have not heard from my arch-conservative friends, but I can guess what they will say. Kisa Jackson probably is the only one who should have been…
“Half the team doesn’t trust the boss” Says Dan Rockwell in his blog today, citing a recent study. When managers withhold information, are unrealistically optimistic, or use put-downs, their employees do not trust them. Without trust, there will not be high performance. Dan enumerates ways that managers can build trust. Mostly they revolve around engaging…
I am an expert in increasing productivity, both for individuals & groups. Perhaps uniquely, I am an expert on the social dynamics of organizations — organizations like a workgroups, churches, or associations. I still will serve teachers and educational institutions, but I am expanding. Actually, I started with helping small businesses, churches, and denominations back…
Our words lead, whether we are administrators or teachers, we lead with our words. Let’s notice where our words are pointing today.
Those of you who follow me know that my current hot topic is character training. You also know that I try to offer the greatest value to my clients. Character First is a publishing entity that offers curricula on character, some for preschool children and others for elementary school children. I’ve seen this used in…
For all the managers, directors, entrepreneurs and other professional problem solvers out there, here is an idea on how to generate more ideas. Why should you generate more ideas, you say? Because you need ideas to get you around obstacles, out of holes, and to a better place. We are in an idea economy now.…
