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The Five Things Everyone Ought to Know about Trust in the Workplace
Last week the American Psychological Association (APA) released their findings on the 2014 Work and Well-Being survey. While we are more comfortable at work, with overall satisfaction of about 70%,...
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July News–New Services For Veterans
Greetings! I have been making changes at Gold Dog Consulting and I am excited to tell you about them. First, let me welcome my new followers. Thank you! It’s important to me to continue to make new...
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How to Build an Empire With Transparency
Occasionally, I see themes occur amongst my clients. One theme that presents often is transparency. The issue really isn’t transparency itself; it is really solitary and sometimes opaque...
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
The Beatles were so smart! They knew the value of friends. Those of you that joined the teleseminar last month heard about motivating employees. It’s always a hot topic because–well–one size does not...
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Women’s History Month–Stop the Three C Roles
March is National Women’s History Month, and in honor of that, I am discussing women in leadership. More specifically, things women do that are not in their best interest. I am a woman, and I am a...
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Executive Presence–The Missing Link
Be Compelling, Credible and Very Concise. Why is it so difficult to define executive presence? Probably because it involves those things which we cannot see, but know it when we do see it. So many of...
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Engaged Employees and Pizza
Small teams are better. Most of my work with teams is with small business; therefore, the size of the team is small. The nice thing about small teams is that they are flexible and nimble. Change can be...
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Please Tell Me I Can’t Do Something
I had the pleasure of being published on Fearless Females Forum. Learn more about me and my personal philosophy. What’s the most courageous decision you’ve made? I have to go with joining the U.S....
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Lead Your Team to Employee Engagement
While it’s not news, it’s a valuable lesson that an employee’s relationship with their immediate supervisor is critical to retention, engagement and succeeding in business goals. I coach high-level...
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5 Leadership Qualities that are Rarely Trained
America spends around $75 billion a year on training, and much of that training is soft skills and leadership development. With all that training, there remain some huge capability gaps. In fact, the...
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Leadership Staff Development
Leadership Staff Development that Changes Behavior When you invest in staff development, you expect a behavior change and the achievement of business goals. Gold Dog Consulting will provide your...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 16
The Top of my Bucket List Most of my bucket list items are places to visit. Experiences. Bali. I love beach vacations where we do nothing but lay by the pool or the beach and read. I can do nothing...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 17
Most Proud Moment Graduating from university has to be one of my most proud moments–both for my Bachelor’s and my Master’s degrees. Many of you know, I dropped out of high school. It just wasn’t for...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 18
Meaning Behind My Blog Name My blog doesn’t have a name. Should it? Because I don’t have a blog name, I thought I would talk about a few blogs that I like. Some blogs have the cleverest names, like my...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 19
What I Collect I have a few items were I own more than a couple of them, but but I’m not really a “collector.” My husband would say that I collect handbags! I just like to have choices. I also collect...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 20
Difficult Time in My Life When I considered writing about any difficult time in my life, I thought about my past and there are some low times, but none that stick out more than my teen years. If there...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 21
10 Favorite Foods There may be more than 10 as some are categories rather than a single item. Fresh berries (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry) Garden grown cucumbers Eggs Cheese (Fromager...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 22
Best Thing to Happen This Year 2015 was a spectacular year. Personally and professionally, I grew. One of the things that happened this year that I truly cherished was having a reunion with my Navy...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 23
My Dream Job I love what I do and consider it a dream to do it because it has immediate and lasting results with people who really want to make a difference. The other part of my job, interviewing...
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31-Day Blog Challenge Day 24
Fave Childhood Book I still have it. Really. I just pulled it out and had a look at it, and it dawned on me. I have a dreamy optimism, and this must have made quite an impression on me. The book is...
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