leadership

Fastest Way To Lose Respect As A Behavior Analyst or Leader

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Leanne Page, MEd, BCBA bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As the field of behavior analysis rapidly grows, many newly certified Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) are leaping into new…


Top 5 Ways to Ruin Your Reputation as an Ethical Leader

By Brett Dinovi, M.A., BCBA CEO, Brett DiNovi & Associates When leaders put profits before people, ethical transgressions are often inevitable. There is no shortage of this in the corporate world recently. Enron. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen, and now United Airlines…


Compassionate Leadership: Mentoring in an ABA Service Provider

Pierre Louis, M.S. Ed., BCBA Executive Director of Training and Leadership Development, DiNovi & Associates It’s no secret that we are in a “Golden Age” of ABA.  The industry is booming and agencies are hiring BCBAs and front line staff…


For High Performance, Focus on Results

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Do you remember the jobs that you used to get as a kid? Mowing the lawn, raking leaves, shoveling snow, or working a paper route. When you think of these jobs, what…



A Conversation With Dr. Scott Herbst of SixFlex Training

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org I recently had the chance to sit down with Dr. Scott Herbst, founder and lead trainer of the consulting company SixFlex Training, which focuses on developing leadership from an approach heavily…


Words, Sticks, Stones, and Feedback

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Many of us struggle with giving difficult feedback.  It isn’t fun.  We want people to do well and we want to tell them they did well.  Just last night, I went out of…


Entrepreneur Magazine: Lead by Positive Reinforcement

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Entrepreneur Magazine recently touted positive reinforcement as the preferred leadership style to get the best out of your staff and customers.  Citing the work of business consultant Colin Shaw, the article…


The Language of Leaders

By Scott Herbst, PhD  bSci21 Contributing Writer One of the recurring themes of the articles I tend to write for this site is that we live in a world constructed in language.  It shapes our view of reality and then…