If you opened this link based on the title alone, you either like butter or have time on your hands? Either way, glad you did because I have an interesting tidbit to help us improve our instructional outcomes. If you have a topic that benefits from your listener’s emotional connection, consider integrating more analogies and metaphors

Smooth like butter is life’s lubricant?

In the movies, the heroic leader is often seen charging at the enemy with their saber rattling and a fierce battle cry. Just like in real life, right? Uh, no.  Theater aside, success during a crisis requires a leader that can access different strengths at different times. Read on about the different leadership types in a crisis … and consider which ones you

7 Types of Leaders During a Crisis

Case Study of the time, training (online and in-person), team fees, equipment, etc. How Much Does It Cost To Be A Search & Rescue Volunteer?

CASE STUDY: How Much Does It Cost To Be A Search & Rescue Volunteer?

Teams of all types succeed or fail based on the actions of the people leading them.  Click to learn what Peanuts and Soccer Teach us about Visionary Success.

What Peanuts and Soccer Teach us about Visionary Success

If you have kids, you’ve likely gone through the ritual of helping them grow out of peeing the bed. If you’re like me, one of the nightly edicts was “don’t pee the bed”.And more times than not, they pee the bed anyway.As far as ‘listening’ and ‘doing’ go, from the sentence “don’t pee the bed”

What Peeing The Bed Can Teach Us About Better Leadership

Once upon a time I failed as a leader…Okay, so it happens regularly, but let’s just focus on one of them for now, okay? Here’s a story of a leadership failure, what I learned, and how you can avoid the same mistake.My business, TEAM Solutions, has 3 full-time employees: me, myself, and I. When I have a

How I failed as a leader … and how you can avoid the same mistake

Orange, TX, September 13, 2008 — Members of Texas Task Force One and Two come together for a quick field briefing. Both teams conducted search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Mike Moore/FEMAAre you a responder who wants to transform from a good communicator to a great communicator? Great response leaders are defined

How Leaders Quickly & Effectively Improve 2-way Communication

By asking the right questions, leaders at every level can engage followers and achieve greater success. Click to learn 5 Questions to Earn the Best Results.

The 5 Best Questions to Earn the Best Results

When seeking great Team Engagement, we’ve heard it before. “Bring the passion!” “Have a purpose!” We hear the battle cries, yet one of the challenges of leaders I hear the most often is the lack of engagement among their Team. Lack of engagement with your Team – especially Millennials – has a couple of root

Requirements for Team Engagement

Actually, whack-a-mole in reverse.  For, you know, better student engagement. (Had a sheltered childhood and don’t know the game? Check this out … and then hurry back)Not everybody wants to talk, but everybody wants to be heard.Instead of suppressing the mild mannered dude in the 3rd row, what can we do to draw them out? Maybe their

Whack-a-Mole in the Classroom for Student Engagement?