Doug Dickerson
DOUG has been speaking to audiences in the U.S. and overseas for more than 30 years. Doug knows how to spin a story, make you laugh, and how to challenge your traditional ways of thinking about leadership. Most of all, Doug is committed to helping you grow as a leader. Doug is a graduate of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida and studied Clinical Pastoral Education at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. While his leadership expertise has its roots in ministry and teaching. His background also includes public relations and business. Doug understands the necessity of leadership development and why creating a leadership culture in your organization is critical to your success. He is the author of four leadership books including: Leaders Without Borders, 9 Essentials for Everyday Leaders, Great Leaders Wanted, It Only Takes a Minute: Daily Inspiration for Leaders on the Move, and Leadership by the Numbers. As a speaker, Doug delivers practical and applicable leadership insights with a dose of humor and authenticity that endears him to a wide range of audiences.
Hell, there ain’t no rules. We’re trying to accomplish something here.
–Thomas Edison
As a photography enthusiast, I have evolved over the years with the evolution of the camera. I remember the days of the Polaroid camera, the Kodak Instamatic,...
A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.
–Simon Sinek
Workplace drama. It’s nothing new...
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.
–2 Corinthians 4: 8 (NLT)
I read a story about King Henry III of Bavaria, who in the eleventh century,...
If you are alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.
– Joel Osteen
In 1858 the Illinois legislature- using an obscure statute- sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln,...
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
– George Bernard Shaw
Not long ago, I went to see the doctor with chest pains. A few weeks before, I was down with the flu...
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.
–Henry Ford
A story is told of an old guy driving home from work when his wife calls him on his cell phone. “Phil,” she shouts in...
We all live under the same sky but we don’t all have the same horizon.
– Konrad Adenauer
In, A Savior For All Seasons, William Barker shares the story of a bishop back in the early twentieth century who had...
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
– Thomas A. Edison
In most leadership circles we hear much about winning and success. I’m not knocking it. We all like to win.
But in leadership, as in...
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
– Henry Ford
It’s been said that bees can show you something about teamwork. On a warm day about half the bees in a hive stay inside...
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment and common purpose, anything is possible.
–Howard Schultz
There is a story involving Yogi Berra, the well-known catcher for the New York Yankees, and Hank Aaron, who at that time was...