Are You Like Most People?
Dear fellow listeners, Here is a fun quiz: the phrase "seek first to understand, then to be understood" comes from which of the following? The LEAD 365 segment on high impact listening. The LEAD 365 segment on leaning in to healthy conflict. Steven Covey’s book The 7...
Why Feedback Is Uncomfortable — and What To Do About It
Many people struggle with giving negative feedback because they don’t want to hurt the other person or strain the relationship. But plenty of people struggle with giving positive feedback to others.
A Great Leader and a Great Speech
Leaders, We have an unusual posting for you this week. Last week was "V Week" for those of us who enjoy college basketball. "V Week" is named for Jimmy V, also known as Jim Valvano. Valvano was a great college basketball coach who got terminal cancer and gave an...
Truth and Love
Today's post was originally published on February 8, 2016. Truth without love can be mean, and love without truth can be a lie. Today's post is a review of a skill that I think it is the most important skill needed in West Michigan leaders. It is the willingness and...
Top 10 Trust Walk Takeaways
All of you who have been on the two-day retreat as a part of building great teams have done the trust walk. My favorite part of that exercise is not the first part when there is no talking; it's not the second part where you can talk but the one person is still...
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