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Do You Encourage Silliness Sometimes? Should You? #success #wellbeing communication inside joke leader national talk like a pirate day pirate Sep 19, 2023

What started as an inside joke has turned into a day of silliness that’s celebrated every year on September 19th. Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day – avast, ye mateys, and I’ll tell the tale of the scurvy lads who created this sorry excuse for revelry!

Two friends were playing racquetball on June 6, 199...

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What do Dads and Great Leaders Have in Common? #leadership #veterinary #wellbeing animal industry communication self-development succcess Jun 13, 2023

This week let’s talk about leaders. Sunday is Father’s Day and it’s a good time to look back over your life and reflect on the first leadership style that influenced you. Whether your father was great, good, bad, abysmal, or absent, you learned lessons from him that can serve you now.

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Harnessing Your Inner Animal Control Officer to Lead Your Team #leadership #success #training #wellbeing behavior communication difficult personality Apr 11, 2023

Dogs are an important part of my life. Yours too? Growing up, my family always had a small dog and she (it was always a “she”) was a member of our family. The first was Bobbie, the one who sadly taught us the importance of not allowing puppies to dash out the door unrestrained. Next was Pixie, from ...

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Beefing Up Your Leadership Skills #leadership #success #wellbeing communication goals leader purpose research Mar 07, 2023

Are you a team lead? The team can be a work team, a sports team or a family team – most people lead some sort of team, whether they know it or not. Some people enjoy the role of leader, helping people develop their full potential, while others are intimidated or uninterested in taking a leadership r...

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