Posts by Rodger Price
A Desire to Understand
In last week’s post, I referred to a simple comment from a client in a coaching session as we talked about the concept of “seeking to understand”—a term coined by Stephen Covey and a critical piece of our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model. The comment he made went along these lines: “I’m surprised you don’t…
Read MoreAre You Bundling Things You Shouldn’t?
I’ve had a new concept on my mind lately. Some of you know me well enough to know that one of my beliefs is that topics often choose me—I don’t seek them out. This seems to be true with a topic that has been “working on me” over the past several months. The name I’ve given…
Read MoreThe Five Fingers of Trust
Back when we taught at your team-building retreat we talked about the Eight Characteristics of a Great Team. Can you remember any of the characteristics? (I’ve listed them all for you at the bottom of this post if you want a reminder.)
Read MoreAn Unfair Advantage, Part 2
Last week I shared some observations I’ve noticed over many years of studying leaders regarding what gives some of them an unfair advantage over others. Here’s a reminder of what I shared:
Read MoreAn Unfair Advantage, Part 1
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 about to share. These things don’t take any special talents…
Read MoreThe Path to High Impact
In Jeff’s last post, he reminded you of our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model and the importance of not avoiding conflict. In my last post, I reminded you of the path to low impact that we teach in LEAD 365 and how that path is initiated by attempting to avoid conflict. Today’s posting is a…
Read MoreThe Path to Low Impact
Jeff did a nice job of reviewing our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model in last week’s posting while also adding some new insights from author Reggie McNeal about the importance of not avoiding conflict. To build on Jeff’s posting, I want to remind you of some of the insights we shared with you in LEAD…
Read MoreGetting Away
Many of the topics I teach and blog about are things that I have pondered and researched for many years. Often, after so much time processing my thoughts, I develop some clear beliefs about what is best with regards to the topic under consideration. This topic isn’t one of them as I’m not sure what…
Read MoreTrust: The Foundation of Any Healthy Team
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it. It was originally published on November 30, 2015.) A few weeks back we had a man come to do some work on our living room carpet, and he and I started to slide our very heavy couch out of the…
Read MoreBuilding a Learning Community
About fifteen years ago I heard an expert suggest that most people end up being the average of the people they hang out with. Often a random insight works on me for years, and the idea that people are the average of the people they hang out with has been working away on me for some time.…
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