Effective Leadership missing in the Equation?
Effective Leadership missing in the Equation? I was reading an article this morning from Harvard Business School called American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do. It was to the point, but it had one thing I thought was missing: effective leadership. Effective leadership was missing from the equation This is the type of topic that authors write about. You find one disgruntled employee who had a manager or supervisor who turned out to be the devil him or herself, and you have a story. How that story is spun will determine the type of outcome you will have. I know the problem, I want the solution. Are…
It’s the simple things in life
It’s the simple things in life, it really is. The simple things that make you feel good about yourself, others around you, and the world. I think that one of the worst things you can do is to listen to your own thoughts and try to rationalize and dwell on a stupid mistake that you might have made. There is no rationalization, you just made a mistake, own up to it, and move on. Maybe you feel that those around you really don’t know you, or understand your potential. You are just going through the daily motions of working and hoping someone will notice something good that you did that day. That’s not…
It’s Leadership Quiz Night
It’s Leadership Quiz Night! Leadership, social media, community outreach, research, and training all mean very different things to different people. What I have learned is that you need to be able to show your work. In a job interview, that can become a very interesting prospect to have thrown at you, unaware. It’s those little questions…. Show your work Show me leadership. Tell me how you perform community outreach. How many hours a day do you work on social media? How many social media applications can you link to? What is content marketing for social media? While doing research, did you actively engage in experimentation that provided you with factual…
Dance $ Sticker Shock $
In the business world of dance a lot of things go on behind the scenes that the average dancer is unaware of. First off before I continue, let me state by saying I'm not defending anyone or studio.The actual business portion of dance is a financial venture. There are overhead costs that eat at a business’s net worth. Tuition and Fees help cover those overhead costs. Overhead costs can consist of a number of things ranging from:Registration FeesGym Rental FeesDance Studio Rental FeesMusic FeesCostumesChoreographyTeam & Solo Competition FeesAdvertisingInternet to communicate and send billingsTeachersTaxesLicenseLoan fees and interest payments...and moreTuition and fees are the glue that help keep your studios operational. Since most…
Disclosure – Vulnerable or Vindictive
Disclosure – Vulnerable or Vindictive. Focus on the chart above for a minute. Take in what it is asking you to do. Based on what you see in this decision process – which way do you anticipate you will decide to go? Will you say something or not? Is the disclosure (or non-disclosure)- vulnerable or vindictive? Now ask yourself one more question. Did you arrive at a pre-conceived conclusion that the answer to this diagram, based only on what you see, indicates you should choose to move to the left in your decision process? Maybe the red terminator button that is partially hidden on the right suggested to you that…
