Corporations are finding that off-site retreats, particularly adventure themed ones, can bolster employee morale, increase team effectiveness, open lines of communication, and ultimately help reduce office stress. Office buildings seem designed to keep its occupants sealed off from the great outdoors, don’t they? – Spaces without windows (or ones that don’t open), artificial lighting, and […]
How to Improve Your Life in 2020
Would You Like to IMPROVE Mental Focus Endurance Concentration Sleep Physical Fitness Cardiac Function & Reduce Stress and Fatigue HOW? It’s Easy Check out this INTERACTIVE presentation. Really this is cool! YOU get to pick what you want to learn about! Go ahead . . . you deserve a better life in 2020, at least […]
HOW TO COMMUNICATE RESPECTFULLY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
“The spirit of Liberty is the spirit of not being too sure you are right.” – Justice Learned Hand 1. Listen actively, with your body and mind. Make eye contact. 2. Separate people from problems. Be hard on the problem and soft on the people. 3. Describe behavior, not attitude. 4. Express the workplace need. […]
Reading Body Language
The average person wouldn’t think that they can learn something from decoding the body language of a murderer. Little do they know, there is more than a little to learn through this unusual approach to protecting your friends, family and finances. In this out-of-the-box TEDx talk, retired ATF Investigator and Human Lie Detector, Janine Driver […]
Abandonment – What to Stop Doing
If you were asked, what was the single biggest disaster in American automotive history, chances are you would come up with the Edsel. However, the Edsel was in production for only a few years, and while it was an expensive lesson for Ford, it was easily outdistanced. Chrysler Motors kept its DeSoto in production for […]
Building Confidence, Competence and Commitment
Building Confidence, Competence, and Commitment Here are some thoughts and perceptions by some of the leading lights regarding the key elements that leaders and managers need to address. All represent possibilities and options so that you can choose whatever you feel is most appropriate for your situation. Leadership There are as many definitions of leadership […]
