by Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D. and Becky Ripley, MS “Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” -Andy Stanley Bombarded by outside stimuli and distractions, it is difficult for listeners to focus. Instead of concentrating on the person speaking, many listeners are drawn to distractions other than the […]
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by Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D. and Becky Ripley, MS “The true measure of leadership is influence—nothing more. Nothing less.” —John Maxwell Leadership is often defined as the ability to influence others. Beloved leaders set the stage to influence through relationships built on trust, confidence and support. Others influence by providing data and evidence to demonstrate
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By Harry Hutson ‘Hope’ is an impractical idea that turns out to be useful, especially in painful times like these. Hope is often misunderstood, underestimated, ignored and belittled, not least because it has separate, seemingly contradictory modes. You want Hope to be there in moments of despair when the best you can do is
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An Opportunity to Align Our Values, Our Practices, and the Purpose of Our WorkBy Matt Minahan and Peter Norlin So, how many OD consultants does it take to have a meeting? I figure it can be done with about 10:1 to provide a model1 to call for a vision statement1 to propose definitions1 to
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The following excerpt from the book From WE WILL to AT WILL: A Handbook for Veteran Hiring, Transitioning, and Thriving in the Workplace (Justin Constantine with Andrew Morton, June 2018) was written by Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D., Melanie N. Joyce, MBA and Lieutenant Colonel Wendy M. Perry, MS, RN, US Army (Ret.). Chapter 10 focuses
Written by Harry Hutson, Ph.D. and published in The Practitioner’s Journal of The NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science in February 2019. That post-truth is accorded airtime in public discourse signals a crisis of trust in our institutions. We cannot survive as a coherent community, polity or economy when prejudiced opinions, alternative facts, conspiracy theories
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