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CUMMINGS: Most of you know me as Doctor C.

My name is Bill Cummings, and I’ll be with you on these pages every Sunday from now on.Click to Continue »

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About Bill Cummings

Dr. William F. Cummings is an internationally known scholar, consultant, teacher and speaker. His multi-faceted career has taken him across the United States, Europe, and the Far East, and...

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CUMMINGS: Donkey Sunday

Christians focus on the “palms” of Palm Sunday, but they should focus on the donkey. Today should be called: Donkey Sunday. This is the day the Gospels say Jesus rode…Click to Continue »

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Dr. C: Do you listen?

For 50 years, I’ve been working with leaders. The first 25 years, I spent with monastic leaders: monks and priests and bishops and cardinals, and the pope in Rome. The…Click to Continue »

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Dr. C: Do you encourage the opposite view?

Dr. John Turner turned to me one day in our San Francisco Bechtel office, and said: “Bill, tell me why you disagree with the way I presented that material in…Click to Continue »

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Dr. C: Listen to the music

There are two ways to listen to songs -- both at work and at home. You can listen to the words alone, or you can listen to the music. The…Click to Continue »

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Dr. C: Unsolicited criticism

“You’re wrong!” “I am not!!” “Yes, you are.”Click to Continue »

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CUMMINGS: Two ways to be persuasive

Wives: can you persuade your husband to take out the garbage? Husbands: can you persuade your wife to budget her shopping? Parents: can either one of you persuade your 20-year-old…Click to Continue »

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CUMMINGS: How do you learn?

Good teachers know: “all children can learn, but each child learns differently.” Good leaders know this, too. Everybody in every organization needs information; everybody from the janitor to the...

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DR. CUMMINGS: Celebrating the unconditional love of mothers

Why do we honor our mothers today?Click to Continue »

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DR. CUMMINGS: To lie or not to lie

Did President Richard Nixon lie about the Watergate break-in? Did President Bill Clinton lie about Monica Lewinsky? Did President George W. Bush lie about the weapons of mass destruction in…Click to...

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Dr. CUMMINGS: Be a leader

Middle Georgians: do you know what we need the most? Leaders. Middle Georgia is full of followers -- hundreds and thousands of them -- but where have all the Leaders…Click to Continue »

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CUMMINGS: Leadership means: “be there”

Are you “there” for your children? For your customers? For your fellow workers? In any kind of relationship, there comes a time when total concentration and total commitment is called…Click to...

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DR. CUMMINGS: Confronting with tact

Everybody confronts somebody sometime: bosses, parents, teachers, spouses and even friends. It happens all the time. Parents do it at home; teachers do it in the classroom; spouses do it…Click to...

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DR. CUMMINGS: The customer is always right

Many of us don’t listen. Our customer starts complaining about our service and we immediately make excuses. That’s not listening. The first question to ask ourselves this week is “Am…Click to Continue »

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Phony baloney

The first time I heard this term I was 6 years old. My parents took me to visit my great-grandmother on the south side of Chicago. This gray-haired old lady…Click to Continue »

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DR. CUMMINGS: We’re different

You’re black and I’m white. You’re a Democrat and I’m a Republican. You’re a Baptist and I’m not. You’re a woman and I’m a man. You live on the south…Click to Continue »

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CUMMINGS: The power of trustful disagreement

“The point is, ladies and gentlemen, disagreement is good!” Yes, good ole dissent and disagreement and even arguing can lead to wonderful things -- if we trust each other.Click to Continue »

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Dr. Cummings: Who am I?

If the answer to the question: “Who am I?” is “nobody,” then it really doesn’t matter, does it?Click to Continue »

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DR. CUMMINGS: Who cares about me?

I hear this all the time: “Who gives a damn about me? All management wants is production: work, work, work and pay as little as possible.”Click to Continue »

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