Posts by Rodger Price
Wiring – Keeping It In Perspective
The DISC behavioral assessment tool was instrumental in my earliest efforts to understand myself and intentionally grow as a leader. That was around 25 years ago, and I can still remember how helpful and powerful the learning from DISC was for me. It awakened my understanding of how I am, how others are, and how…
Read MoreReflections on 2016, Our Plan for 2017, and our Leadership Audit
LEAD 365 Alumni, we hope you enjoyed the holidays, including some time off for yourself and some team with family and friends. Over the past few days I’ve done what is very natural for many of us to do at this time of year: I’ve been reflecting on 2016 and planning for the new year…
Read MoreThe Losada Line: A Formula for Feedback
Last week, coming off from Thanksgiving, I wrote about the importance of being a grateful person. In doing so, I used some wisdom from Shawn Achor’s great book, The Happiness Advantage. This week I’m continuing along a similar line of thinking using the same book to remind you how important it is not only to…
Read MoreThe Value of Gratitude
I hope all of your are coming off a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, including some extra time of fun with your family. For many of us, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. I don’t think it’s only because of the massive amounts of great food, or even because it’s a chance to be with…
Read MoreBeliefs, Culture, and Grit
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.
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Chemistry
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
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 was “undeserved favor.” There are two basic types of undeserved…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Talent
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) 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…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Communication
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) 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,…
Read MoreShaping Culture Again and Again
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) We’ve just spent time taking our sixth and seventh cohorts through our session on shaping culture. We took one group to one of our favorite places to teach this, Feyen Zylstra. We took the other group to a new place…
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