by Star Dargin | Dec 27, 2022 | Coaching, Personal, Tool
A sheep in wolf clothing, she called me in the time management workshop I taught. Her manager made her attend because of her perceived poor time management skills. I surprised her. I didn’t teach standard time management, making lists, and prioritizing. I had the...
by Star Dargin | Dec 26, 2022 | Books, Business, Coaching, Personal, Tool
Achieving goals is the point of time management. Successful time management requires you to understand yourself. Your beliefs about time and your style so that you can find, create or adapt a time management system that supports you and the goals you want to...
by Star Dargin | Dec 13, 2022 | Books, Leadership
Great leaders need to answer the “Who am I and why and I here?” with conviction, honesty, and purpose that will create the bond of trust that the most powerful actions require, says the author. Why another book on Leadership? Because what leaders do...
by Star Dargin | Dec 13, 2022 | Books, Communication
“If you can’t communicate effectively, you will not lead,” Marine Lieutenant Colonel Rob Riggle says in the forward. To be a great leader, you must be an excellent communicator. The paradox is that we have been communicating our whole lives and are...
by Star Dargin | Dec 12, 2022 | Gratitude
Mike Foley, a big guy and ex-football player in his fifties and always happy, says that gratitude was a slow maturing process for him. However, it was a worthwhile one. He is now an entrepreneur and part-time butcher; he loves life and no longer dreads Monday...
by Star Dargin | Dec 5, 2022 | Coaching, Communication, Gratitude
Future Chief Thank You, Officer, Peter Peter believes gratitude is essential and can’t imagine living without it. Four years ago, he created a gratitude practice of identifying people in his life that are important to him. He intended to thank them, either in writing...
by Star Dargin | Nov 28, 2022 | Books, Coaching, Leadership
This book has been a game changer for leaders I’ve worked with. Awareness of self without self-righteousness. A culture that allows each employee to reach their maximum potential while increasing productivity, employee engagement, and pleasure; I have found...
by Star Dargin | Nov 9, 2022 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Gratitude
Be Fausto (Have Gratitude as an Intention and a Process) Leaving Fausto’s chair, you will feel better. He starts with the intention that you will feel good by the time you go. When you first sit down, if he determines you are in a negative state, he’ll...
by Star Dargin | Oct 26, 2022 | Conflict, Difficult, Leaders, Leadership
The first rock I threw hit the bully in the mouth. There was blood. He wailed loudly and ran home. I was nine years old and playing Barbies outside with my sister and a friend. The bully started by taunting us and saying mean things. He wouldn’t go away despite our...
by Star Dargin | Sep 29, 2022 | Gratitude
Thank you UNH professional development. I enjoyed visiting your Durham, NH campus for the Project Management Conference. It was my first time sharing the gratitude formula, let me know what you think. Here are some questions from the participants. What about positive...