Good Decisions Build on Each Other
Today's post was originally published here on October 5, 2015. Finally—a fresh topic! Every now and then, rather than just review a topic we covered in class, we’re going to share something that’s been percolating and seems like it might be important. This is one of...
Why Culture Matters
Today's post was originally published here on October 12, 2015. In my twenties I worked as an engineer at General Motors—Oldsmobile to be specific. Working at a car company was pretty cool on many levels. I got to drive all kinds of cool cars that would not go to...
Bring Your Friends to Work Day
Our youngest child finished high school this spring, and one of the West Michigan traditions that we observed was hosting a graduation open house. We actually observed a bunch of them since were invited to the open houses of all her friends! From Memorial Day weekend...
Time to Add Some Value
“Would you rather be overpaid or underpaid?” When Rodger first asked me this question years ago I immediately responded with overpaid. Josh was in grad school and we had just adopted our daughter. There wasn’t much wiggle room in our budget. Turns out that’s the wrong...
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...
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