Wow, What a Year!

Wow, What a Year!

It’s been our tradition in the first blog of a new year to write a bit of a look-back at the previous year and give an update of where we stand in our mission, which you joined by your participation in LEAD 24/7. So how do I even begin to write about 2020 and...
Stay Calm. Stay Connected

Stay Calm. Stay Connected

I headed to Meijer on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. I wasn’t prepared for the chaos that greeted me inside the store. People were buying up everything! The pasta aisle was empty; the frozen chicken was gone; there was no toilet paper. People’s carts were overflowing with...
LEAD 365 Alumni Mirror

LEAD 365 Alumni Mirror

Fellow Leaders, Reunions are great. We get to enjoy them with you at alumni events as well as one-on-one as many of you have stopped in to say hello (keep doing that!). What I really enjoy is seeing the growth and transformation that has taken place. I’ve seen this so...
Building a Learning Community

Building 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...