by Fred Boyles | Jan 14, 2019 | Features, Success Stories, What Works on a Men's Team?
By Fred BoylesColumnist How can an organization like Mentor Discover Inspire (MDI) be a success? What has worked and then didn’t work, was bringing in new men and enrolling them into the Sterling Men’s Weekend. In the old paradigm, we then enrolled them...
by Fred Boyles | Dec 27, 2018 | Features, Successful Careers, What Works on a Men's Team?
By Fred BoylesColumnist What does it mean to have a successful career for me? As an electric sign contractor, I recently had a challenging job. I was hired to make a sign fit over an existing sign, 12’x17′ double-face. I had to duplicate a current sign,...
by Fred Boyles | Oct 12, 2018 | Features, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles Columnist A team leader I know has been in the job for a year this month and was ranting to me. He’s had it with these ungrateful men and all the time commitments and tasks it takes to do this job of team leader. I listened until he was done and...
by Fred Boyles | Sep 22, 2018 | Brotherhood, Features, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles Columnist Brotherhood? What does that look like? For me, it looks like hanging out with four new men this week. I’ve be calling men who are guest and alumni of MDI. I’ve been hanging out with them on the phone, and listening, and...
by Fred Boyles | Aug 12, 2018 | Features, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles Columnist “What is the greatest lesson you have learned and applied through being with the men?” I call men who have left MDI, and I ask them to bring me up to speed on what’s going on in their lives. Then I actively listen. After about 5-7...
by Fred Boyles | Jun 18, 2018 | Freedom!, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles Columnist My ego has a great purpose of keeping me alive and to that end it always wants to be right and not change. So where is the freedom from this? My ego has me say and do things that anger and hurt other people’s egos, I engage their...
