Maybe you are still learning and growing? Ready for next challenge in your Leadership growth?

A good leader now but, you are thinking I AM NOT THERE YET (as none of us ever will be

Now in Mid to Senior- level management!

Let’s talk, explore….! I have something specific to share with you if this is you.

Regardless, let’s reconnect, Booker

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 / 6:30- 8 p.m.
Wentworth Military Academy Chapel
Lexington, MO (40 minutes east of KC)

Featuring David Koechner (Talladega Nights & Anchorman, The Office)
Tickets at the door
$20 adults
$10 age 12 and under
660.259.4766

However at least you have a job, food & roof over head.

So SMILE!!!! & look around for those who are struggling with these basics we take for granted?

Have a good one, Booker

Some content will include GOD/FAITH, so hoping to find a location/ownership that is Christian-oriented – with a heart in that direction!

Please let me know if you know of a place or someone to contact; anywhere in KC area, North, South or otherwise…

Thanks, Booker 913.232.0244 / doug@bookertraining.com

YOUR COMMUNICATION ISSUES ARE ABOUT RELATIONSHIP…

Speaking with a great friend, client & senior leader, a very interesting discussion developed further validating the statement above …which I have come to believe is true maybe 99% of the time.

The discussion was about input he had received about his leadership after seeking evaluation/input by those he leads. Now that’s courageous to begin with, and for sure he received some interesting feedback (some that he didn’t expect and some that will take further discussions to get clarified).

One of the areas where he received less than satisfactory marks, was in COMMUNICATION. If you met this individual, you would find it hard to believe that he could be ‘marked down’ in communicating. He is an awesome speaker, coach, mentor, listener and people seek out his counsel.

The fact that he is a great friend provides some clue to his being ‘marked down’ by his subordinate leaders in this category. You see, I would never see him as being an ineffective communicator …because I have a great RELATIONSHIP with him.

After some honest reflection and thinking about the relationships of those assessing him, he saw that this was likely what this was about: – what they were really saying was the RELATIONSHIP(s) was less than satisfactory.

Think about those you have communication issues with; it’s really a relationship issue, is it not?

Some GODLY application to this: It strikes me that all this is the same challenge we face when we struggle in our communication with God. As I really think about this, I think back to when I didn’t know Jesus, …the bible and most everything in it made little sense to me. The bible and His Word only began making sense and becoming clear to me AFTER HE became my friend. The closer and closer I get to Him, and as my relationship, trust and faith in/with Him becomes stronger, the more I understand about what He is saying to me.

The dynamics of these thoughts came out in Sunday School last week. After I tossed in some of this and made the statement that its not so much a matter of the content of The Book, it is first of all about the relationship with our God and Jesus. If the relationship is good, the communication will be good. A friend then tossed in this gem, something like, “…it’s about the Author, not the Book”.

How’s that relationship with Him?

God’s best to you and yours my friend,

Booker

2) LEADERSHIP/PEOPLE RECOVERY: An in-house or public sessions for the manager or org. management that needs to regain/recover their workforce. Maybe you have over-worked, over-loaded, unfairly took advantage of, and otherwise abused your team/workforce over the last 2-3 years?!? You and/or your leaders need to develop some strategies to get them back!

3) REAL LEADERSHIP STUFF for the FIRST TIME MANAGER/SUPERVISOR: For those in leadership roles for the first time or are just still pretty new to the world of leading people. Registering now for a 4-part series of Leadership Development. Putting together two groups of 12 – one group/session nearly filled.

*If you have an interest in GOD/FAITH in the WORKPLACE, lets talk.

Call me if interested in any of the following for more details/to get a seat reserved while you explore further. Doug Booker, BOOKER TRAINING ASSOCIATES 913.232.0244

Being Thankful for all we DO HAVE is something so many struggle with, in the midst of all the hurts, needs, woes of our lives.

To get you started, how about just Laughing Out Loud (LOL) right now and stir up something with those around?

Booker, on your side/here to help…

…maybe you have been over-working folks?
…maybe individual & departmental conflicts are on the rise?
…maybe you fired or laid off some you wished you hadn’t?
…maybe relations have deteriorated?
…maybe even the bosses are fighting?
…maybe people aren’t smiling at your customers?
…maybe you have been dictating vs leading?
…maybe even your good employees have been treated unfairly?

??? MAYBE ‘Tension, Stress & Distrust’
have become the new Core Values!

THEN JUST maybe it’s time to get EVERYONE back to work and making $$$ again!

THEN JUST maybe your leaders need some help recovering their team!

“Filling public sessions for individuals, or call me now to set up an In-house process for the whole Leadership Team!”

Booker, 913.232.0244