By Doug Staneart Summary: Workplace Conflict Resolution is a free article which talks about interpersonal conflict management and anger management techniques. Conflicts are inevitable, but the more we know about human nature, the better we will be at resolving conflicts, and the better the outcome might be for both parties. We know that different people [...]

By Doug Staneart How would you describe meetings you have attended in the past? Last Tuesday, I was facilitating a workshop on how to facilitate more successful meetings, and to start things off, I asked the group that very question. The answers that they provided were very similar to answers that I have received from [...]

By Roy Fory The art of leadership is sought by virtually everyone. It is claimed by many, defined by a few, and exercised by the unheralded, depending on the source you use. In fact, we know a lot about leadership; it is the application of leadership that creates confusion for most. In spite of all [...]

By Doug Staneart In today’s business world, conflicts are inevitable, but they don’t have to be costly or time-consuming. If you manage people or projects, chances are that a majority of your day is spent resolving conflicts, in dispute resolution, or problem solving for other people. You may get to the point where you ask, [...]

By Doug Staneart Five years ago, a couple of instructors that I was working with and I were brainstorming about different ways to promote our training programs more easily. Up to that point, I had spent my entire career in training focused primarily on helping individuals become more successful by helping them strengthen certain skill [...]

By Doug Staneart One of the easiest ways to drive prospective clients and customers to your business is to become the expert in your field. The term Expert carries credibility and prestige that can open many doors for you, and, oddly enough, the term is relatively easy to acquire. This simple three-step process can help [...]

“Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein Create Like A Wild Child!tm By Connie Timpson Give a child a shovel on the beach and he will create a dream castle.  Give an adult a shovel and he will most likely store it in the garage.  Millions of ideas have been stuffed into garages, attics, [...]

I took my first leadership training course back almost 20 years ago, and out of all of the education that I worked very hard for in High School and College, all of the seminars that my former employers provided me, all of the conventions, and all of the books and trade journals that I have [...]

About a year ago, I was teaching a Fearless Presentations class in Las Vegas, and toward the end of the class, one of the participants came up to me at a break to ask me about some of the other programs that we had listed on the back page of our manual. I’ve got to [...]

By Doug Staneart, CEO of The Leader’s Institute I’m a big football fan! For the last few years, I’ve driven by the new Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington while it was under construction, and I’ve been in awe of the size and scope of the place. All year long, I’ve been hearing about the record [...]