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    Kill Gossip Before It Kills Your Business
    Dave Beam
    • Mar 28
    • 2 min

    Kill Gossip Before It Kills Your Business

    I can give you a sure-fire formula guaranteed to run off your best team members, murder team morale, keep the drama and confusion...
    9 views
    Listen to Understand
    Dave Beam
    • Mar 14
    • 1 min

    Listen to Understand

    The ultimate respect you can give another person is the gift of listening. The pace of modern life is crazy. People exchange...
    7 views
    8 Simple Coaching Questions
    Dave Beam
    • Feb 21
    • 2 min

    8 Simple Coaching Questions

    The most effective thing I do as a coach is help people shift their perception through questions. It’s what you don’t see or what you do...
    20 views
    Expectations Are Problematic
    Dave Beam
    • Feb 14
    • 2 min

    Expectations Are Problematic

    Spouses, friends, vendors, customers, employees, family …… we all carry expectations of other people. I want to propose that...
    9 views
    Honoring the Absent
    Dave Beam
    • Oct 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Honoring the Absent

    The quickest way to kill team morale and ruin trust is to allow gossip. I define gossip as communicating negatively about someone when...
    10 views
    Unclear Equals Unkind
    Dave Beam
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    Unclear Equals Unkind

    I don’t understand my employees! It’s just hard to find good people these days. It is certainly true that you may need to have better...
    15 views
    Dealing with Confrontational Issues
    Dave Beam
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dealing with Confrontational Issues

    How many people, including you, avoid confrontation? Why do people avoid addressing differences with others? There are a variety of...
    17 views
    Are You Hiding Behind E-mail and Texting?
    Dave Beam
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Are You Hiding Behind E-mail and Texting?

    I am thankful for modern communication technology. We have access to information almost anywhere and anytime. Internet, the cloud, smart...
    8 views
    Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
    Dave Beam
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

    “I just don’t understand why they don’t listen!” Have you ever had that thought? Do you have employees? Are you married? Do you have...
    15 views
    Candor - A Key Ingredient for Effective Service
    Dave Beam
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Candor - A Key Ingredient for Effective Service

    The Webster definition for candor is the act of being outspoken, frank, and candid. For me, it means being transparent and authentic in...
    13 views
    Quit Wrestling and Start Dancing
    Dave Beam
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Quit Wrestling and Start Dancing

    Compare wrestling and dancing. Both require energy. Both typically involve two people in close contact. Wrestling with someone wears you...
    10 views
    The Key to Great Listening - Being Present
    Dave Beam
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Key to Great Listening - Being Present

    How often have you thought “I just don’t understand him” or “They really just don’t make sense”? The reason you don't understand is...
    22 views
    The Worthless Pursuit of Trying to Believe in Yourself
    Dave Beam
    • May 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Worthless Pursuit of Trying to Believe in Yourself

    I get this request from time to time “Dave, can you help me believe in myself?” My response is a question; “Why do you want to believe in...
    25 views
    Want to Help Someone Change?
    Dave Beam
    • May 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Want to Help Someone Change?

    Do you want to help someone change? Fully accept them. When you accept other people as they are, it increases your influence in their...
    11 views
    One Good Question is Better Than 1,000 Strong Statements
    Dave Beam
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    One Good Question is Better Than 1,000 Strong Statements

    What do you think about the title of this article? In your conversations, how often do you make strong statements? Do you ask good...
    12 views
    Kind Confrontation
    Dave Beam
    • Feb 8, 2020
    • 6 min

    Kind Confrontation

    There are two words that most people don’t think go together; kindness and confrontation. Most effective leaders understand the...
    2 views
    Four Blind Men and an Elephant
    Dave Beam
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Four Blind Men and an Elephant

    So here is how the story is told. Once upon a time there were four blind men that were good friends, and they helped each other make...
    29 views
    How Do People Feel When They Have Been With You?
    Dave Beam
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    How Do People Feel When They Have Been With You?

    Great leaders ask great questions, and I have been asked this one by a great coach of mine, and now I am asking you, “How do people feel...
    2 views
    Five Components of a Great Conversation
    Dave Beam
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Five Components of a Great Conversation

    I have a passion as a mentor….to restore the art of conversation. Great conversation connects people. Two connected people can create...
    2 views

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