You can ask ONE quick question to make a HUGE and positive impact in someone’s day. You can ask this one question in person or on the phone. You can ask this one question through a text in any time zone. And you can ask this question all on your own. All rhyming aside, this […]
Read moreOne of our viewers sent Founder’s District TV an email and asked a very important question: What is Servant Leadership? That’s a great question and a HUGE topic to cover because Servant Leadership has four core tenets: 1) Service to others, 2) holistic approach to work, 3) promoting a sense of community and 4) sharing […]
Read moreHere we GGGRROWrow again – Founder’s District welcomes two new clubs: NeoGenomics in Division G and Tox-Cheap in Division C. NeoGenomics is a cancer diagnostics and pharma services company in Aliso Viejo. Tox-Cheap is the CalEPA (California Environmental Protection Agency) corporate office in Cypress. CalEPA has led California in creating and implementing some of the […]
Read moreAfter 20 years with the same company, it sold, and I was out the door; 60 years old, out on the street, resume in hand, looking for work. My self-esteem gone. When I was about at my lowest, a good friend asked me to attend a Toastmaster meeting with him. I told him, ‘I need […]
Read moreI’m Mabel Kong with an editorial that’s less than two minutes long. I find it ironic that many of today’s leaders boast of being available for their hard workers, but when their employees ask for help all that’s given are orders from a benevolent dictator. A true servant leader will listen, guide, and empower their […]
Read moreLast week I saw an excellent example of servant leadership. I know you will be excited to try this simple solution and I expect you’ll have a similar remarkable result. I watched an associate’s face transform from a full-on frown to a smiling king with a crown. During a frontline managers’ meeting, I saw a […]
Read moreMichael Varma sits down with one of the newest accredited speakers, Eldonna Lewis Fernandez. Eldonna is CEO of Dynamic Vision International, Inc. that provides negotiation, leadership, and communication training to corporate clients and small business owners internationally. Eldonna is also the author of Think Like A Negotiator – 50 Ways to Create Win Win Results […]
Read moreWhether you are part of today’s tech-savvy workforce or a customer influenced by social media, the results are in . . . you respond well to video messaging. That’s because only 7 percent of a message is conveyed by words; The remaining 93 percent breaks down to your tone of voice, 38 percent, and the […]
Read moreWhat you DO say is just as important as what you DON’T say. I’m referring to your poor and sloppy body language. Everywhere I look, I see hundreds of people hunched over their computers banging on their keyboard . . . or . . . standing with their heads down, staring down at their “smart […]
Read moreThe Toastmasters’ International convention recently concluded in Chicago, Illinois. The Founder’s District was well-represented at the World Champion of Public Speaking by our friend Ricky LaCorte. We welcome home LaCorte as a top ten finalist. Congratulations on a fabulous run and a tremendous achievement. The winner of the 2018 World Champion of Public Speaking, was […]
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