Executives from RoMan Manufacturing and Grand Rapids Chair Company Share Their Stories
Our LEAD 24/7 program mixes leaders from several organizations into year-long cohorts to learn and grow together as they discover their unique design for leadership. But just as each cohort gets hands on exposure to an innovation model as part of their coursework, so too the Leading by DESIGN team is open to piloting new, innovative ideas.
When Nelson Sanchez approached Rodger Price with the idea to take his entire executive team from RoMan Manufacturing through the LEAD 24/7 program, we were intrigued. We worked out the details with Nelson, and upon his executive team’s completion of their LEAD 24/7 journey, he was so impressed that he started making plans to send multiple tiers of RoMan’s leadership teams together through our program:
“I had a lunch with Rodger [Price], shared with him my vision…and his team absolutely delivered what I expected. Hearing others talk about dysfunctions in their organization and teams that aren’t working together and their frustrations–immediately I share my experience with LEAD 24/7, what it’s done for us, for our team. I’m not shy about being a LEAD 24/7 disciple.”
Soon after Nelson and his team completed their journey, Geoff Miller of Grand Rapids Chair Company followed with his executive leadership team (also as an exclusive cohort). The results for both leadership teams have been fantastic:
“I would say the payback has been very high. The LEAD 24/7 program really elicits practical tools that a CEO can use, that a leader can use…In my opinion the LEAD 24/7 program is the highest ROI for a CEO who doesn’t have a meaningful, stable, well deployed management system.” – Geoff Miller, CEO Grand Rapids Chair Company
Listen in as Geoff and Nelson and members of their teams share about their experience of learning together, developing a common language and vision, and what they’re beginning to see even now in their results.
RoMan Manufacturing, Inc. and Grand Rapids Chair Co. Share About Their LEAD 24/7 Leadership Journeys
Is An Exclusive Cohort Right for You?
We’re pleased to share that after working with Nelson and Geoff and their teams, we’ve made the exclusive cohort option a permanent part of our LEAD 24/7 offerings. We’ll continue to run our LEAD 24/7 mixed organizational cohorts, but recognize that for certain teams in certain situations, an exclusive cohort can be a major win and creates the context for fast tracking the vision and cohesion of a leadership team.
If this exclusive cohort model sounds like something you might want to explore with your team, we’d love to talk more. You can get in touch here. We’d also like to offer our heartfelt thanks to Nelson, Geoff, Jarrod Allerding, Shea Hickman, and Kurt Hofman for sharing their perspectives. We always love hearing from our alumni about how they’re leading from their unique design for leadership.
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