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by Dr. Jayne Gardner
Thinking Of Asking For A Raise? Take These Five Steps First
In today’s business culture, there are five moves to make before asking for a raise. One of the most important things is to consider who you will be asking. We can be intimidated by the fact that the person in charge is “over” us in the organizational structure of the...
The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself Every Morning
Emotions are the glue that connect people who follow us and ourselves. The most important question you can ask yourself every morning as a leader: What do I feel? The first question I ask senior leadership when determining their coachability is: How do you tend to...
White Paper on Emotions and Health
Ever wonder if how you feel might make you sick? Some of the common expressions we use in society indicate we already know that our emotions are related to our health. We say: I have a gut feeling about something. My heart feels heavy or joyful. That person gives me...
The Authentic Life and the power of a late pizza
Last night Dave and I were planning on cooking a big family holiday dinner entertaining my daughter and her two children, Poppy and Nola. But when Dave picks them up from school, they persuaded their Grampa (he is an easy mark for them) into ordering pizza. I put...
Eliminate People Problems in Your Organization
In the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball final four play-off, the University of Kansas went into halftime 15 points down and still won the national championship over North Carolina. Don’t you wish you knew what Head Coach Bill Self said to inspire his team to that comeback?...
Keys open doors
Keys open doors. A key can be used metaphorically to symbolize power and authority. My goal with coaching anyone through my Gardner Method is for them to become free of any triggers that upset them or pull them off their game. I wish them to finish the process with a...
Make 2023 Your Dream Year
As the New Year approaches, we look forward to our next year of life, and there is no better time to let ourselves dare to formulate a dream. I don’t know about you – but if I don’t have a dream, I am miserable. Dreams drive us. Dreams motivate us. Dreams make life...
Create a self-directed leadership team to run the company without you.
When Joel Patterson asked me to create a culture with fewer people problems at his company The Vested Group, I knew the ultimate goal was to instill accountability into his top leaders. In a retreat last spring, we set up a 4-stage process to achieve Patterson’s goal...
Is This Any Way to Run a Business?
Is it possible for a company to survive when they put their people first over profits? I work for one such company, The Vested Group. I was hired by one of the founders, Joel Patterson, to help him define, develop, and yes sometimes, defend his culture. He calls his...
