Posts by Chris Marlink
Leading Yourself in 2023 ABC Goal Setting
The turning of the year is a human construct, but we still imbue it with all kinds of meaning. I don’t go in much for resolutions, and the statistics about people actually keeping those resolutions (Save more! Eat healthy! Call my mom!) is kind of laughable. Still, to the extent that the new year helps…
Read MoreSuccess, happiness and the power of gratitude
“Success leads to happiness” is a story. It’s so powerful and pervasive a story that often we don’t even realize that it’s working in our lives as a kind of operating system below our consciousness. We’re following a narrative that we haven’t consciously adopted, but that we’ve absorbed from the ambient culture through marketing, advertising,…
Read MoreCreating the Conditions for Happiness at Work
Lead 24/7 alumni gathered in September 2022 to hear from sociologist Tracy Brower about happiness at work. Dr. Brower’s presentation covered myths that surround happiness, and how leaders can help create the conditions for happiness in the workplace.
Read MoreAn Update on the Leading by DESIGN Mission
In a presentation at Wake Up West Coast, Rodger Price unpacked the DoKnowBe Tree concept. For anyone wanting to better understand their unique design for leadership, this really is a great primer on how Leading by DESIGN works to help leaders better know themselves and lead more effectively and authentically
Read MoreWhen Values Attract and Conflict
This is a season in which great leadership will stand out more than ever. West Michigan organizations have an opportunity to distinguish themselves, and to attract talent from across the nation and world.
Read MoreToday’s Talent War will Require the Best from Leaders
This is a season in which great leadership will stand out more than ever. West Michigan organizations have an opportunity to distinguish themselves, and to attract talent from across the nation and world.
Read MoreListening in a Time of Crisis
In a crisis, there will be a chorus of voices urging leaders, “Don’t just stand there, do something!” But it takes a lot of discernment, and I think reflection on your values to know when, in fact, we need to “Don’t just do something. Stand there.”
Read MoreA Vision for West Michigan Leaders in the West Coast Way
Writing for the West Coast Way, Rodger Price laid out the three biggest opportunities before West Michigan leaders if we are to make our area the hotbed of the nation’s best leaders: become a person worth following, build a great team, and get clarity about why an organization exists, where it’s going, and how it will behave.
Read MoreThe DoKnowBe Tree at Wake up West Coast
In a presentation at Wake Up West Coast, Rodger Price unpacked the DoKnowBe Tree concept. For anyone wanting to better understand their unique design for leadership, this really is a great primer on how Leading by DESIGN works to help leaders better know themselves and lead more effectively and authentically
Read More‘You’re getting warmer’ isn’t good executive leadership
Are you unintentionally playing a game of “You’re getting warmer, you’re getting colder” as a leader? That’s the question Rodger Price explores in a recent article for the Grand Rapids Business Journal, and as he shares, it happens most often when leaders don’t do the essential (and hard) work of getting clarity about their vision, and communicating their vision thoroughly and frequently.
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