by dustin | Mar 14, 2014 | Business Management, managing people
“We have people in so many meetings, they don’t have time for anything else.” I hear statements like this from managers (typically while sitting in a meeting with them). I seem to hear it more often lately. Meetings are a necessity of business today,...
by dustin | Mar 4, 2014 | Business Management, Church, leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
Years ago, a colleague and I walked into a long-standing Bennigan’s restaurant for lunch. We were seated pretty quickly and had our choice of almost any table in the joint. This was surprising because several businesses and a nearby hospital indicated a strong...
by dustin | Aug 9, 2013 | Business Management, Church, inspiration, leadership, managing people, Personal Development, Spirituality
3:45 PM CDT Closing Session Andy Stanley Jesus asking, “Who do people say I am?” then “What about you guys say I am?” Peter answers. Jesus says Peter didn’t come up with that on his own, but it was revealed by the Father. Jesus says,...
by dustin | Aug 8, 2013 | Business Management, Church, inspiration, leadership, managing people, Purpose, Spirituality
4:15 PM CDT Session 4b: Unscripted Leadership Mark Burnett Interview by Bill Hybels Started as a T-shirt seller on the beach. In Europe, if you don’t speak right or go to the right school, you don’t get options. That’s not the case in the US. A...
by dustin | Sep 21, 2007 | Business Management, Creativity, Human Resources, Ideas, Professional Development
In his popular ’06 TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes an inspiring, and entertaining, argument that we are educating the creativity out of our children. It’s not hard to see how corporations are on creativity killing sprees as well. Here are the top 10 signs...
by dustin | Jun 1, 2007 | Business Management, Human Resources
Over at Businesspundit, Rob points to a research project that claims employee satisfaction efforts do not bear the fruit we anticipate. Read Rob’s take and let me know what you think. It boils down to whether we hire happy people, or we try to make our employees...