WELCOME to our new leadership consultant!

JILLIAN KILDOW, M.A.

We are thrilled to have such a passionate and talented consultant on our staff.  To get to know Jill better, click here to read her bio and check out her article below.

Smug is Slow:  How I Learned NOT to Measure Success
by Jillian Kildow, M.A.

I’m not a distance runner. I’m a sprinter, and when I was a kid, I was fast. I could out-run other kids, adults, the tortoise and the hare, you name it. In fact, I was the fastest girl in the second grade, and almost the fastest kid, almost.

I remember the day I was almost the fastest kid in the second grade like it was yesterday. It was a cloudy day. It was field day. Field day was a special day at the end of the school year when all the kids in the school went outside at once for an entire day of recess! There were games like kickball and horseshoe, and everyone got ice cream. Sounds like a pretty memorable day, right?

I was excited about one event and one event only that day; the big race.(continued)

Welcome, Jillian Kildow!

Smug is Slow

Relay for Life

Last Month's Poll Results

Develop Managers with 4 Simple Questions

Turning Around
 

Results of our last leadership poll:

Develop Managers with Four Simple Questions
By Nancy Quinn Rummel, ACC

This might be the most common executive complaint, “I can’t get anything done because my managers are constantly interrupting me with problems. This department has people problems. That department has a deficit, etc. I try to get them to solve their own problems, but they all want to know what I think.”

We have a solution for those executives that was published by Dale Carnegie (pictured above) over 60 years ago. It is a four question approach that is so deceptively simple it will amaze you. Train your managers that you will be happy to help them with problem solving when they come to you with written answers to the following four questions. (continued)

Turning Around
by M.J. Clark, M.A.,APR

I spent this morning on the verge of tears during my entire workout at Curves, a women’s fitness center. There was nobody in the center but me and the trainer, who was working at a computer. It was the only emotionally hijacked workout I’ve ever had, and it affected me profoundly.

I joined Curves a year and a half ago in an effort to stop gaining weight. I have been successful in my goal until this past month, a month in which my work schedule was so rigorous that I only made it to Curves a few times during the month. Although I also worked out some at home with my WII Fitness Coach and various aerobics tapes, it just wasn’t enough. For the first time since I joined Curves, my weight rose more than just a pound or two.

During my morning workout, I was beating myself up mentally for my backslide. “I can’t believe I let this happen,” I told myself. “Why can’t I get this under control? I’m so disappointed in myself!”  (continued)