by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | NEXT
It is very common today to hear a leadership expert talk about leaders and followers. And for years, I have gone along with it. But recently, it dawned on me. People are never really following you, the leader. They are merely collaborating with the leader so that...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence created the following evidence-based approach for integrating social and emotional learning into schools. The mnemonic to remember them is RULER. RULER helps us teach “soft skills” or the skills of emotional...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | DECISION MAKING
Strategist, Roger Martin, and former P&G CEO A.G. Lafley say in their book, Playing to Win, that strategy is about choosing to do some things and not other things. This is essentially what wise decision-making is. Wise decision making is choosing to so somethings...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | TRUST & COOPERATION
We all know that trust is the currency for all effective relationships. It’s always been that way from the day the humans first set foot on the planet. Trust is why our hunter-gatherer ancestors created communities. Trust is why city walls were built, to allow...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | COMMUNICATION
The Cs of communication provide a checklist for ensuring that your written and oral communication is clear and effective. You can apply it to your emails, reports, meetings, conference calls ,and presentations so that your audience gets your message. The C’s of...