thoughts + insights

Follow Jeff Byrd's blog, Thoughts + Insights, for key leadership insights designed to provide tools for motivation, inspiration and ongoing education to small and large businesses nationwide.

Break a bone!

Thousands of years ago, Solomon, who was purported to be the wisest man alive, instructed others that "by patience and a calm spirit a...

Locus of control

What controls you? Is it circumstances on the outside, taking place around you, or is it what you believe and who you choose to be, on...

Curbing Attrition

Attrition is costing us a fortune. Many statistics put the annual cost in the U.S. to be in the trillions of dollars. In 2021 alone, it...

The I C conflict

As I've trained organizations over the past several years on the Maxwell Method of DISC, I always emphasize understanding each other in...

4 triggers of team dysfunction

Recently I read in a Harvard Business Review article that a whopping 91% of team conflicts are caused by 4 triggers! Well, I wanted to...