by dustin | Oct 9, 2014 | leadership, managing people, Personal Development, Professional Development, Teamwork
In my previous post, I outlined an approach for dealing with insecure leaders or coworkers. Of course, it’s hard to do this for someone else when your own insecurities are controlling you. So, maybe it’s better to start with our own “stuff.”...
by dustin | Oct 1, 2014 | leadership, managing people, Personal Development, Professional Development, Teamwork
You probably get along with most people in your life. But it probably doesn’t take long to think of someone who challenges you in a negative way and makes your life difficult. These folks don’t just wake up and scheme about making you miserable. It’s...
by dustin | Sep 11, 2014 | brand you, leadership, Personal Brand, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
Perception is reality. More specifically, YOUR perception is YOUR reality. Understanding this is critical to how you view circumstances and your life in general. We do not interact directly with reality. We filter everything through our senses. We take the empirical...
by dustin | Sep 5, 2014 | leadership, Professional Development
You redesigned your website… and your logo. You wore all the right clothes, the client even complimented your taste. You built a beautiful presentation. The pie chart on slide 17 was a work of art. You used all the right buzzwords. The near-term impact of...
by dustin | Jul 8, 2014 | leadership, Professional Development
Are you trying to get things done and feel like others aren’t helping you? The image above quotes Andrew Carnegie’s claim, No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. But maybe you don’t want...
by dustin | Jun 27, 2014 | leadership, managing people, Professional Development, Success
Leaders should be destructive when obstacles are keeping them, or their people, from being the greatness they were created for. Focus on destroying obstacles – not your fears, not your competitors, and especially not your people.