Posts by Rodger Price
An Unfair Advantage, Part 1
(This post was first published here on May 22, 2017.) Over my twenty-five years of studying great leaders, I’ve come to believe that some leaders, maybe only ten to twenty percent, have an unfair advantage when they compete against other leaders. This unfair advantage isn’t really unfair because any leader can do the things that I’m…
Read MoreBeing a Follower Worth Leading
Yes, I wrote that correctly. Not only do we need to be leaders worth following, we also need to be followers worth leading. It takes two to tango, so if there is a leader, there is also a follower. Of course the great majority of what we do is focused around what it takes to…
Read MoreCircle of Safety
Three years ago I read Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek and enjoyed many aspects of it. One concept that stirred me up was his contention that people need to work in a “circle of safety” where they don’t ever have to worry about being fired. Sinek’s belief is that people who are concerned about…
Read MoreBeliefs, Culture, and Grit
(This post was first published here on November 7, 2016.) I am reading a good book right now called Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. In a nutshell, this book is about the various psychological studies done over many years around what makes people successful. Of course in these studies they are…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Chemistry
(This post was first published here on September 26, 2016.) Chemistry is the last of our eight characteristics of great teams. This is the most difficult of the eight characteristics to write about as it’s the one I understand the least. I believe we can teach you how to grow the other seven characteristics
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Grace
(This post was first published here on September 19, 2016.) Grace is a unique aspect of great teams. It’s also something that is seldom talked about by experts in team performance. Do you remember what we meant we used the term “grace” at our offsite where we explored the eight characteristics of great teams? The definition we used…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Talent
(This post was first published here on September 6, 2016.) In order to be a great team, there are specific tasks that need to be done very well. The word “talent” describes what is required in order to achieve each of these tasks with excellence. Great teams have the right mix of people who have the…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Communication
(This post was first published here on August 22, 2016.) Communication is truly one of the key characteristics of great teams. Effective communication is rarely identified as a strength in the teams I’ve had the privilege to observe over the past twenty years. In fact, when doing a cultural assessment, most of the teams I’ve worked…
Read MoreThe Common Phases of Growth
As I age and become more aware of people over 60 I see two kinds of older people: those who are curmudgeons and those who are amazing. My theory for why this happens is that real, deep change is hard, and I suspect that it gets even harder the older one gets. Those who refuse…
Read MoreReal. Deep. Change.
REAL Real value from your journey through LEAD 365, or any leader development engagement, only happens when something changes in your behavior. Knowing something doesn’t bring value—unless it leads to doing something in a better way. Learning a new concept or re-learning a concept you hadn’t thought about for a while doesn’t make you better…
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