Bill Cummings
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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 inside the worlds most powerful corporations, as well as its most prestigious universities.
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 Iraq? Did President Barack Obama lie about the attack on Benghazi and his IRS involvement and his knowledge...
Bill Cummings
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DR. CUMMINGS: Celebrating the unconditional love of mothers
Why do we honor our mothers today?
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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 vice president, needs to know:
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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 son to go through college without drinking?
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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 words don’t always tell the whole story; it’s the music that gives us the feelings behind the words.
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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 our last seminar.” I was stunned. John was the expert; I was just learning how to give executive seminars. He had worked at ...
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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 second 25, I spent with business leaders: supervisors, directors, vice presidents, presidents and chairmen of the board. ...
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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 into Jerusalem on a donkey, and his followers spread palm branches -- like a red carpet -- before him. But the big ...
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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.


