by Stephen Gower | Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership
THE STEPHEN GOWER BLOG Five “Dockit” Quotes 1. Leadership is an ocean, not a pool. Your leadership can equal an extension of your personality coming through in what you do, specifically at the points of your influence. Those points occur at your work, within your...
by Stephen Gower | Mar 13, 2019 | Leadership
THE STEPHEN GOWER BLOG We took port in Haynes, Alaska, and were informed we had two hours before we had to return. I found a dirt road and walked toward a hill. On the side of the road was a young boy who held a sign that read ‘rocks for sale.’ I stopped, gave him the...
by Stephen Gower | Dec 5, 2018 | Leadership
THE STEPHEN GOWER BLOG Couched between “Stephen” and “Gower” lies my middle name, “Macklyn.” If recognized at all, “Macklyn” is reduced to “M”–one letter preceded by seven letters and followed by five letters. “Macklyn” is overpowered, camouflaged, dwarfed by...
by Stephen Gower | Nov 28, 2018 | Leadership
THE STEPHEN GOWER BLOG A Treasury of Keepers 1. Communicate Encouragement. The kudzu that grows wild and chokes out good stuff can be killed through Management by Encouragement. 2. Catch Them Doing Right. Do not focus on catching them doing wrong. Once you catch, be...
by Stephen Gower | Nov 21, 2018 | Leadership
THE STEPHEN GOWER BLOG A Treasury of Keepers Examine the five attitudes! Customers express five different attitudes: apathy, ambivalence, antagonism, appreciation, and advocacy. Five is four too many! One attitude, advocacy, is obviously superior to the other...
