DTC Academy

09/01/2026

Talent Development 2.0 is about investing in everyone across the organization.

Organizations spend billions on leadership development, but real capability building goes beyond developing a select few.

One great place to start is by Doing The Chores with your team.

My book, Doing the Chores: Creating The Groundwork For Success, can be used as a multi-week team development program to explore 21st-century leadership, smart followership, collaboration, and people skills.

Invest in people.

Build capability.

Improve business outcomes.

Learn more at DoingTheChores.com.

08/29/2026

Chore Challenge: Are leading and leadership really the same thing?

Put the following prompt into AI and see what you discover:

“Are leading and leadership the same thing, and why do people so often confuse the two, according to Joseph C. Rost’s research on leadership?”

Then come back and share what surprised you or changed the way you think about leadership.

DoingTheChores.com

08/26/2026

Are You Telling AI How Long You Want the Answer to Be?

Isn’t it frustrating when AI gives you a document that’s way too long… or way too short? 😩

Then you end up spending more time editing than creating.

Here’s a simple benchmark to help: tell AI how long you want the response to be by using minutes, pages, or word count.

A little clarity in your prompt can save a lot of editing later.

Stop guessing. Start specifying.

DoingTheChores.com

08/22/2026

Sometimes the things we thought were luxuries as kids seem pretty simple by today’s standards.

Maybe it was having a birthday party at McDonald’s with your friends, having a color TV in your house, or having 50 cents to buy a Mountain Dew from the soda machine.

In my case, as I shared in my book, it was getting 35 cents from my grandpa after church to buy some purple taffy.

Looking back, it’s amazing how something that cost so little could mean so much.

Those simple moments brought us joy and became memories we still carry with us today.

So here’s the question: If you didn’t grow up privileged, what is something you thought was a luxury when you were a kid?

DoingTheChores.com

08/21/2026

Go ahead and steal it! 🤣

DoingTheChores.com

08/21/2026

We often hear people labeled as either an introvert or an extrovert.

But what’s really driving that behavior?

The Reiss Motivation Profile provides insight into how much social contact we truly desire—and why that desire is different for each of us.

If you’re interested in learning more about what truly motivates you, visit DoingTheChores.com.

I’d be happy to conduct your Reiss Motivation Profile and provide a one-hour coaching session to help you better understand your results.

DoingTheChores.com

08/20/2026

If you only listen to my podcast one time, make it this episode. This AI Chore Cast will introduce you to 21st-century leadership and explain why Talent Development 2.0 is the future.

DTC Academy is on the following platforms.

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-the-difference-between-the-leadership/id1885374581?i=1000784652103

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49DrMVg0pmrtjH2QVtOMuq?si=eoFD0hmBQqOaSvvBvzjAzw

YouTube: https://youtu.be/ozmx1jtVz90?si=CLjphbrmzw4FvBWi

Substack: https://substack.com//note/p-212044040?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=48gwsg

Learn more at DoingTheChores.com

08/17/2026

Leader, Leading, and Leadership are not the same thing.

Learn more in my latest blog.

Five popular leadership quotes that are not really about leadership.