A Lost Wallet (and the loss of common sense)
[Authored by: Kim Hoogeveen, PhD] As I was walking out of the MindSet office a few weeks ago I noticed a wallet on the pavement out in the middle of our parking lot. I picked up the wallet and saw a California …
Shonna Dorsey to lead MindSet Workshops
[Authored by: Blake Hoogeveen] If you live in Greater Omaha, you may well know Shonna Dorsey. For our readers who join us from outside Omaha, here’s a nice bio and background. We are excited to announce that Shonna will be leading complimentary …
Less Accommodation for Lousy Leaders
[Authored by: Kim Hoogeveen, PhD] I recently presented a 3-hour leadership workshop to a small group of executives. I was covering the combination of MindSet’s seven principles of leadership and a topic we call “big mistakes leaders make.” When we took a …
How Propel Will Grow your Leaders – a Story
Blake examines how Propel prepares your leaders, by pulling from a friends real-life experience. Related: Why Fairness Matters as a Leader Want another quick insight on how to be a great leader (and a concept we’ll cover more in depth during …
Negotiation Tactics: How you can earn $200,000
Blake and Brett spoke at the 2018 YP Summit on Negotiation Tactics – and explicitly how anyone can save themselves $200,000 only by using words! If you want to develop additional professional and leadership skills like these – sign up for our …
Chief Culture Officer: Lasting Impact or Passing Fad?
[Authored by: Kim Hoogeveen, PhD] Every company with more than 75 employees needs to have a Chief Culture Officer (CCO). Yes, that’s what I said, and I mean exactly that. Before you tune me out as a culture zealot who doesn’t understand …
Propel Explained
In this video, Dr. Hoogeveen explains our Propel leadership accelerator and how it will fast track the leadership development of your rising stars and front-line supervisors. You can learn more about our Propel program here. Related – Fight for the Silent Majority …
Overcoming Catastrophizing
One of the reasons people fail to take actions that would be to their benefit is the paralyzation that results from fear – fear that can cascade into what we call catastrophizing. So you don’t ask that girl for a date. You …
Importance of “Bench Strength” in your Leadership Team
MindSet co-owner, Brett Hoogeveen has worked for nearly a decade with rehabilitation industry leader QLI. QLI, for those who don’t know, is the largest non-hospital-based rehabilitation provider in nation and is perhaps even better known as one of the region’s premier employers …
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Behavior: A Balance of Forces
[Authored by: Kim Hoogeveen, PhD] Daniel Kahneman is the only psychologist to have ever been awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to science. When asked what he believed to be one of the best ideas ever generated by psychology, he responded …