Feedback and Intention
Thursday, July 2, 2009 by Dave Blum I realize I have a little bit more to say about the giving and receiving of feedback, and the concept of “Intention/Impact”. I refer back both to my blog entry a couple of days ago, and also to a piece I wrote in December about Gary Harper and […]
Dr. Clue News…SF Chron article and Teleclass on line
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by Dave Blum Warhol wrote about everyone getting 15 minutes of fame. Well, I received a few choice minutes yesterday, thanks to reporter Edward Guthmann, who wrote a nice article about me (and Dr. Clue) in the SF Chronicle’s Monday workplace column. Check it out at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/29/DDHE18EOBI.DTL What do you think? ————————————————————- Give it a listen; I’d love […]
Giving Feedback That Actually Gets Listened To
Monday, June 29, 2009 by Dave Blum My wife and I had a fight yesterday morning — one of those domestic spats that every couple has now and again. It went something like this: Jen: When you slid the extra leaf back into the dining room table, did you clean it first? Dave: Yes, I […]
Are We Selling Our Clients Short?
Friday, June 26, 2009 by Dave Blum I’ve ventured into a new team building venture this summer — leading “ropes courses” (for the Pacific Leadership Institute). Based here in San Francisco, PLI actually uses the term “challenge course” and describes it as follows: “Challenge Courses (or ropes courses) are a progression of low team-based elements […]
My first teleclass: lessons learned
Thursday, June 25, 2009 by Dave Blum After talking about it for a long time, I finally performed my first-ever teleclass yesterday, on the topic: “Creating Team-Building Treasure Hunts: The Five Deadly Mistakes (and how to avoid them)”. Although not perfect (what ever is?), the class went pretty well, I thought. I spoke for about […]
Keeping Teams Motivated: 3 Tips
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 by Dave Blum There’s a great little article in this month’s edition of Inc. Magazine. It’s on page 113, in the “Ask Inc.” section — the expert is Kevin Plank, Founder of Under Armour, a sports aparel company. You can find the whole article online at: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090601/under-armours-kevin-plank-on-how-to-motivate-employees.html Kevin is asked how […]
Teambuilding Teleclass: Creating Treasure Hunts
Monday, June 22, 2009 by Dave Blum Hey everyone. I’m doing my first teleclass this Wednesday. Here’s the blurb: “Creating Team-Building Treasure Hunts: The Five Deadly Mistakes (and how to avoid them)” WHEN: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Central 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Mountain 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. Pacific PRICE: […]
Facilitative Leadership — 7 Practices
Saturday, June 20, 2009 by Dave Blum One of my favorite books at the moment is “How to make Collaboration Work,” by David Straus (founder of Interaction Associates). It’s all about ways organizations can (and should) allow key stakeholders to take part in the decision making. Needless to say, the impetus for collaboration needs to come […]
Abraxas: The Watch Dog and the Limp
Thursday, June 18, 2009 by Dave Blum If you had to list the five “must do” actions or activities in your life, what would they be? For me, my five “can’t-live-without-’em” list would include, (in no particular order): –Eating right (healthfully and low-cal) –Exercising –Sleeping –Meditating –Writing If even one of these actions or activities is missing, I […]
The source of happiness: it ain’t Mt. Everest!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 by Dave Blum Back in 1987, I was in the process of wrapping up a two-year stint in Shimonoseki, Japan as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher when my path took me up to the big city– Tokyo. For the last few months, I’d been in a bit of […]