When it comes to listening, most people are only proficient at half of Merriam-Webster’s definition which is, “to hear what someone has said and understand that it is serious, important, or true.” I know my colleagues and family members can hear me, however I often discover that they weren’t really listening after the conversation has…
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September 26, 2017. For many, it’s just another day of the year. For me, it represents 57 years of living, 50 years of a faith walk, 40 years in business, 35 years of marriage, 32 years in the Dale Carnegie Training business, 30 years as a father, 16 years as a Dale Carnegie Franchisee, 9…
Three Study Habits to Cultivate in Your Career
Whether you were a stellar student during your school years or not, here are three study habits worth applying to grow your success in the workplace. Trade absolute thinking for a positive mindset. Dale Carnegie said, “It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes…
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“Everybody wins when a leader gets better.” This compelling declaration came from Bill Hybels in the first few minutes of his opening remarks at the 2017 Global Leadership Summit, and I got ten times the value of my investment with that simple, yet powerful thought. For the last 30 years, the reason I have gotten…
Four Tips for Tackling Team Optimization
Drive your team to success by applying one or more of these teamwork tips. Tackle team structure first. First and foremost, it’s critical to assemble an ideal team. In Jim Collins’ best-selling book, Good to Great, the author implores, “If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong…
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This past week our leadership team attended The Global Leadership Summit, and it was tremendous to hear some current global leaders discuss the mysteries of leadership. You can imagine the excitement I felt of receiving rather than presenting and how satisfying it was to have my emotional bucket filled. Here is just one small takeaway…
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This past week, I found myself working with several executives on change management. Not only were they trying to deal with change themselves, they were thinking about how to be helpful when others experience change. How exciting to observe the servant mindset with these executives as they were focused on helping others. The challenge is…
Time Out!
This past week, I was working with an executive team on time management. We started with a paradigm shift in answering the question, “Why work on ways to better utilize time?” After all, we get 1,440 minutes every day, and regardless of how effective we are, we get another 1,440 the next day. And…
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The servant mindset is easy to understand yet hard to carry out. While working with an executive this week, we focused exclusively on the Dale Carnegie human relations principle to “Become genuinely interested in other people.” It is only natural to wonder how applying this principle will help us connect with others and come across…
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One of the joys of travel for me is meeting new and different people. On our recent European trip, the first half was with a tour group from Collette Tours. Colleen and I had never experienced traveling with a tour group, and now we’re hooked! We highly recommend Collette Tours and are looking to do…