by Chris Marlink | May 6, 2025 | Being a Person Worth Following, DoKnowBe Tree, Leading Yourself
I was recently loaned a copy of David Whyte’s book Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, and was struck by a passage on how the interests, passions, and intuitions of our childhood can function as keys to unlocking our most meaningful work as...
by Chris Marlink | Apr 1, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Innovation, Leading Yourself, Listening, Perspective/Blindness
How do great leaders seem to consistently make the right decision? Where does this internal compass, this discernment come from? And importantly, how can leaders strengthen their own discernment muscles? I recently had the opportunity to host a conversation about...
by Chris Marlink | Mar 5, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Innovation, Leading Yourself, Listening, Perspective/Blindness
How do you tackle a problem? How do you pursue an idea? I don’t mean in the technical sense: breaking down a problem into its smallest parts, or most fundamental questions, doing market research, soliciting feedback, getting the right people in the room. Those are all...
by Chris Marlink | Feb 3, 2025 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself
At his trial in 399 BC, Plato records his (soon to be condemned) teacher Socrates uttering the famous maxim: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” It’s a powerful idea, and I generally agree with it. However, the reality is that plenty of people, including...
by Chris Marlink | Jan 8, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Leading Change, Leading Yourself
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...
by Chris Marlink | Oct 30, 2024 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself, Shaping Culture
“There is never a good time for a busy man to take a vacation. And since there is never a good time, he might as well take it whenever he wants.” – Bill Buckley While my work output has never been so prodigious as Bill Buckley’s–magazine founder, editor,...
by Chris Marlink | Sep 30, 2024 | Feedback, Leading Yourself
I’m generically middle aged now. Just past 40, and saying things like, “When I was your age…” That’s all normal as far as it goes, I think, but these middle years also correspond with the asking of big questions, like: Is this the work I’m best suited for? How long...
by Rodger Price | Jul 11, 2024 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself
At Leading by DESIGN we’re on a mission to help West Michigan become the hotbed of the best leaders in the country. A core to our work is helping leaders explore their unique design so they can make their most positive mark in the world. When you look deeply...
by Chris Marlink | Aug 25, 2023 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself, Living Systems, Public Speaking
At our annual alumni gathering, NFL quarterback and Holland, Michigan native, Kirk Cousins joined Leading by DESIGN founder Rodger Price to discuss the lessons in leadership he’s gleaned throughout his storied college and pro-football career. Their conversation...
by Laura Anthony | Jan 26, 2023 | News & Events
Pictured left to right: Elizabeth Rolinski – Managing Partner of Leading by DESIGN; Rodger Price – Founder of Leading by DESIGN; Jeff Disher – Founder and Chairman of the Board of DISHER; and Joe Dyer – President of DISHER. Making West MI Stronger by Developing...
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