Leadership Lessons – The Golden Rules
This was originally written for a group of K-12 dancers. It has been modified to reflect the business environment. If a group of K-12 students can learn these lessons, others should be able to learn them as well.Learning how to become an effective leader takes time and patience. Leadership involves listening to what others have to say (on both sides) and being able to come up with solutions that are best for your team and/or organization. Leadership should not be self-serving.Sometimes your decisions will be challenged. It’s when you are challenged that you shouldn't allow your emotions to show. If it is an explosive situation and your first instinct is…
Charity Begins At Home – When the Last Horn Blows
Charity Begins At Home Charity Begins At Home – When the Last Horn Blows. There is an old saying, that Charity Begins At Home. This proverb was originally documented in English, in a somewhat different format, in John Wycliffe’s Of Prelates (c. 1380); “Charity should begin at himself.” It was later quoted as “Charity begins at home” by Terence. Charity begins at home ~ Terence There are many ways to give right inside your own company, organization, religious or educational institution, and your own home. Yet, I understand that there are also situations in other countries that do require much-needed aid. From time to time charity will not involve money. Sometimes it is…
Edutainment – a Virtual World
Edutainment – a virtual world. It’s not a game – it’s an environment like a canvas without boundaries. The benefits are that you have an environment that can be changed for any reasonable circumstance. While the environment can be fun, it can be designed to be challenging at the same time. It might be interesting to see a virtual avatar of the instructor popping in and out like the Cheshire cat giving minimal guidance where appropriate. The tangible benefits of this type of environment can be many. The environment can be set up to allow learners to go back or retrace their steps in a process of discovery to correct an…
Common Sense – Work and the Professional Volunteer
I often volunteer for a host of recreational events, but I also volunteer my time with a number of non-profit / charitable organizations. It’s a lot of time management on my part, but I think it helps me maintain a balance in my life. I can’t be all work and no play. Yet I can’t be all causes and no work either. Finding that life balance and using common sense to keep things positive I feel is a gift.Finding that Life BalanceIn the business world and in education, common sense sometimes gets uprooted by causes. Taking up a cause can in reality become a distraction toward your own professional goals…
What’s on Your Bucket List? Any Chalk, a Plant, Crazy Glue, Birdseed?
Watching the grandchild learning a new word and then trying to put meaning to that word was an experience that left me wondering. How fast our minds rationalize thoughts, and place information into neat little containers of knowledge, is a miracle in and of itself. Have you ever thought about a thought? Explain a thought to a 6 year old. I dare you. I double dare you. Have you ever thought about a thought? As we grow older being told something isn’t right, or learning we will have to do something differently isn’t generally what we want to hear. Change sucks. I know many of us have gotten so busy…
