According to a post from Terry Small on Twitter, more than 9 out of 10 people say brain health is important. But, few know the ways to maintain or improve it. Brain health is more important than our overall health than heart health. Skin health is only 1% whereas brain health is 51% more important. Read more about Steps To Better Brain Health[…]
According to Simon Sinek, Millennials have 4 traits that any leader would do well to emulate: 1. They are willing to speak out. They are more likely to speak out about what’s bothering them, compared to older generations who tend to fear rocking the boat. If change is to be effected, someone must have the Read more about Millennials Can Be Successful Leaders[…]
The following article was posted in LinkedIn on May 7, 2019: Gallup reviewed 3 decades of research and generated its simplest and most comprehensive list of competencies required to achieve success in any organization. (This post is based on my interview with Jim Harter and chapter 12 of “It’s the Manager,” by Jim Clifton and Read more about 7 Universal Competencies for Success In Any Role[…]
Simon Sinek has an excellent Youtube video about techniques of effective confrontation at work. He says that when you need to confront someone at work you must do three things, not necessarily in any order. You must state: 1. Specifically how you feel. 2. Specifically what they did (action). 3. The potential impact. For example, Read more about How To Confront Someone At Work[…]
Gifford Thomas wrote the following on LinkedIn: When leaders are honest about their shortfalls and can learn from their mistakes, they earn respect and along the way create an environment of transparency. “As a great leader will tell you, they have made many mistakes. They will admit that it was the collective insight from bad Read more about Mistakes Are Learning Opportunities[…]
J.C. Maxwell, in a minute with Maxwell spoke about persistence and equated it to the story of The Little Engine That Could. The engine believed he could do it and he chugged and chugged with great difficulties and eventually made it. Persistence has as its motivation – anticipation which keeps me in the game. Persistence Read more about Persistence Pays[…]
There are some habits successful people have inculcated that make them so successful as leaders. So, what are those habits? 1. They are open to change. If you don’t open up to change, either you are left behind in the crowd or someone else will take your place. They are never stagnant. They are the Read more about Successful People Do Things Differently[…]
Gifford Thomas wrote an article on how so many people fear change. Change makes people feel very uncomfortable and fearful. Change makes people feel insecure, confused and angry. People want things to be the same as they have always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you’re a leader, you can’t let your people Read more about Change Hurts[…]
– Recast all problems as learning opportunities – Provide fail-safe positive relationships – Increase dosages of nurturance – Do not crowd – Forced Success – Learn to decode the meaning of behavior – Be Authorative, not authoritarian – Model respect to the disrespectful – Notice small things – Keep positive expectations alive – Give seeds Read more about The Paths to Connecting With At-Risk Students[…]
Philip@phildankoski posted the following 10 actions that help when dealing with misbehavior: 1. Breathe. 2. Empathize. 3. Forgive. 4. Connect With Them. 5. Understand Their Story. 6. Communicate. 7. Be Patient, It’s a Process! 8. Suggest Alternatives. 9. Seek Advice. 10. Listen, Listen, Listen.