What’s Coming Digitally for GPS Dairy in 2024
It’s a new year, and we here at GPS are looking forward to continuing to bring you digital educational resources in the form of blogs, vlogs (video blogs) and our podcast, the GPS DairyCAST. We do have some changes coming up that we are excited to share with you.
GPS Dairy 2022 Blogs in Review
It was an exciting year for us at GPS Dairy Consulting, and it shows in the various topics we explored in our blogs. Before we launch into 2023, let’s revisit the most widely read blog posts throughout the year. We are also including a few honorable mentions that we enjoyed writing.
The Ability to Monitor Yourself
Do you know what triggers you? What are those peculiar circumstances that “all of a sudden” you are not behaving according to your own set of standards? I am sorry, but even the best of us have people or circumstances that are “red hot buttons” that for some reason stimulate our negative emotions. As a leader, having good Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a game changer. “EI is the capacity to be aware of, control and express one’s emotions, an to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.” Daniel Goleman helped popularize the concept of EI in his 1995 bestselling book: Emotional Intelligence – Why it can matter more than IQ.”
Gain Commitment, Gain Everything
When providing leadership to a single person or a group of people, it is important to take the time to gain their commitment to the endeavor. You have to help them see the overwhelming vision that where you are leading them will ultimately be a better place. How? Here are a few of Hopkinson’s tips.
Active Influence: Essential for Leaders
Much has been written “tactically” on how to influence others. Yet little has been explained on how to actively influence outcomes. How can you become more proactive and even predictive in reaching your most preferred future? It’s not by relentlessly executing tactic, after tactic, after tactic. Go to Amazon and you’ll find hundreds of books that offer tactics to “make” you a better influencer, but you won’t find many that provide real fundamental baseline concepts to change your behaviors.