December 13th, 2017
Does Leader Effectiveness Training Give You a Competitive Advantage?
Back in the late 90s [full disclosure] I used to work for GTI, Gordon Training International. I was tasked with […]
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December 4th, 2017
P.E.T. Continues Through Generations: The Fishel Family Story
Joe Fishel was raised in a P.E.T. family. And by that we mean, both of his parents were P.E.T. Instructors. […]
November 16th, 2017
Spanking Outlawed in South Africa – Words from our P.E.T. Representative
written by P.E.T. Representative for South Africa, Heidi Malan For days now, I’ve been reading about parents up in arms […]
November 14th, 2017
Leadership Skills Are the Prerequisite for Training ROI—And The Result
When you clear away the all the clutter and get down to bare essentials, there’s really only one core reason […]
October 18th, 2017
A Gordon Model Glossary: Ten Terms and Concepts for an Anytime Refresher
Whether it’s been five weeks or five years since your first journey into unfamiliar terrain where problems can be solved […]
October 3rd, 2017
Take the P.E.T. Quiz on Problem Ownership and See How You Do!
Take the P.E.T. Quiz on Problem Ownership and See How You Do! The following quiz includes 12 statements that fit […]
September 25th, 2017
Before Active Listening
You Say It Best When You Say Nothing at All Sometimes, it’s tempting to make matters…complicated. OK, a lot of […]
August 30th, 2017
How We Are Crippling Our Children with Discipline
(Originally published in The Journal of Education, 1981. This booklet has been missing for about 20 years and we just […]
August 29th, 2017
We Need to Talk About…How We Talk About…Values Collisions in the Workplace
So, if you’ve been on a very long summer vacation—perhaps blissfully floating on a cruise ship, in the middle of […]
July 24th, 2017
I-Messages in the “Toxic” Zone: Sometimes, They’re the Only Skill That’s Left
Sometimes, even though you weren’t looking for any kind of fruit at all…life hands you lemons. And upon first glance, […]