by Dr. John Townsend | Sep 4, 2019 | Education, Growth, Leadership, Planning, Uncategorized
My wife Barbi and I recently returned from a combination trip of attending a close friend’s destination wedding, plus vacationing, both in the beautiful state of Maine. We stayed in the downtown area of the seaport village of Belfast. Across the street from us was a...
by Dr. John Townsend | Aug 19, 2019 | Communicating, Leadership, Planning
Life, job and just about anything work better when we’re on teams. There is an enormous amount of research on the power of great teamwork. Whether it be an executive group, a sales and marketing team, or a team of parents coordinating for a kids’ soccer league, teams...
by Dr. John Townsend | Jul 17, 2019 | Leadership, Uncategorized
We all need more energy, the vitality that helps us stay motivated, focused and productive in life. We know we receive energy from good nutrition, along with working out, adequate sleep and maintaining positivity. But there is another major source for the energy we...
by Dr. John Townsend | Jun 14, 2019 | Leadership, Uncategorized
What does working smarter have to do with learning? Sometimes, we just get into a rut, doing the same things over and over again, even when it’s not working. As the story goes, a young man was working very hard sawing a huge pile of wood. His efforts were doubled...
by Dr. John Townsend | Feb 19, 2019 | Education, Growth, Leadership, Mentoring
Work is a major section of your life, taking up 40-60 hours a week, and for decades. It’s important, and you need to think through it objectively and make those decades produce something meaningful for you. But it’s sometimes difficult to know when it’s time to pull...
by TownsendAdmin | Nov 23, 2018 | Growth, Leadership
If you lead at work, in the home, or both, you have to make decisions. Leaders who don’t make decisions don’t stay leaders very long. However, decisions, by definition, involve risk. It might be a risk of losing financial resources, time, energy, opportunity or key...
