CUMMINGS: Most of you know me as Doctor C.
My name is Bill Cummings, and Ill be with you on these pages every Sunday from now on.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAbout 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...
View ArticleCUMMINGS: 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 »
View ArticleDr. C: Do you listen?
For 50 years, Ive 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 »
View ArticleDr. 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 »
View ArticleDr. 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 »
View ArticleDr. C: Unsolicited criticism
Youre wrong! I am not!! Yes, you are.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCUMMINGS: 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 »
View ArticleCUMMINGS: 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...
View ArticleDR. CUMMINGS: Celebrating the unconditional love of mothers
Why do we honor our mothers today?Click to Continue »
View ArticleDR. 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...
View ArticleDr. 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 »
View ArticleCUMMINGS: 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...
View ArticleDR. 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...
View ArticleDR. CUMMINGS: The customer is always right
Many of us dont listen. Our customer starts complaining about our service and we immediately make excuses. Thats not listening. The first question to ask ourselves this week is Am…Click to Continue »
View ArticlePhony 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 »
View ArticleDR. CUMMINGS: Were different
Youre black and Im white. Youre a Democrat and Im a Republican. Youre a Baptist and Im not. Youre a woman and Im a man. You live on the south…Click to Continue »
View ArticleCUMMINGS: 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 »
View ArticleDr. Cummings: Who am I?
If the answer to the question: Who am I? is nobody, then it really doesnt matter, does it?Click to Continue »
View ArticleDR. 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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