leadership, communication, online

November 14th, 2018

Don’t Leave Empathy Behind Online–And That’s Harder Than You Might Think

By: Denise Montgomery

When I think back to how naïve I was when I first encountered a portal that would let me communicate […]

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parenting, screen time, problem solve

November 13th, 2018

How Can PET Help Parents and Children Cooperate to Solve the “Screen Time” Dilemma?

By: Denise Montgomery

If you feel your smartphone, tablet, or watch is in danger of becoming an extension of your body, you aren’t […]

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leadership, gordon training

October 22nd, 2018

Sears and Google: A Tale of Two Leadership Philosophies

By: Denise Montgomery

The last dozen or so times I walked through a Sears store, I was taking a shortcut from the least-crowded […]

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September 10th, 2018

Skip to the End: Binging, Storytelling, Impatience, and the Surprising Benefit of Basic Listening Skills

By: Denise Montgomery

A friend and I have been obsessed this summer with Castle Rock, a Hulu miniseries unfolding in real time, slowly, […]

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leadership, problems

August 15th, 2018

Does Your Company Have a Solution$ Graveyard? You Might Need Better Problem-Solving Skills

By: Denise Montgomery

Talk to just about anybody who’s ever worked in a company larger than a couple dozen people and you’re nearly […]

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People Lean Management

June 11th, 2018

Are People Getting Lost in the Process of Lean Management?

By: Denise Montgomery

“Many manufacturers rely on long-tenured managers who gained their supervisory skills through years of ‘on the job’ experience.  As this generation […]

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feelings and anger iceberg

April 17th, 2018

Let’s Talk About Our Feelings. (Did Anybody Just Flinch?)

By: Denise Montgomery

People are conditioned almost from infancy to think of feelings as bad and dangerous—enemies of good human relationships. People grow […]

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mr rogers listening respect

February 27th, 2018

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Leadership Secrets of Mister Rogers

By: Denise Montgomery

For people of a certain age in America (and that age, for many of us, is rapidly approaching “Everything I […]

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online leadership training

January 18th, 2018

The Classroom versus the Computer: Or, Can You Learn Communication Skills behind a Screen?

By: Denise Montgomery

Over the holidays, a friend sent me one of the saddest news articles I’ve read in quite a long time. […]

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leadership training psychology

November 14th, 2017

Leadership Skills Are the Prerequisite for Training ROI—And The Result

By: Denise Montgomery

When you clear away the all the clutter and get down to bare essentials, there’s really only one core reason […]

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