Leading by DESIGN
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Blog
  • Contact
Select Page
What Can Childhood Passions Teach You About Your Work?

What Can Childhood Passions Teach You About Your Work?

by Chris Marlink | May 6, 2025 | Being a Person Worth Following, DoKnowBe Tree, Leading Yourself

I was recently loaned a copy of David Whyte’s book Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, and was struck by a passage on how the interests, passions, and intuitions of our childhood can function as keys to unlocking our most meaningful work as...
The Examined Leader and a Life Worth Living

The Examined Leader and a Life Worth Living

by Chris Marlink | Feb 3, 2025 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself

At his trial in 399 BC, Plato records his (soon to be condemned) teacher Socrates uttering the famous maxim:  “The unexamined life is not worth living.” It’s a powerful idea, and I generally agree with it. However, the reality is that plenty of people, including...
Right Size your Work: Take a Vacation

Right Size your Work: Take a Vacation

by Chris Marlink | Oct 30, 2024 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself, Shaping Culture

“There is never a good time for a busy man to take a vacation. And since there is never a good time, he might as well take it whenever he wants.” – Bill Buckley While my work output has never been so prodigious as Bill Buckley’s–magazine founder, editor,...
Comfortable in Your Own Skin

Comfortable in Your Own Skin

by Rodger Price | Jul 11, 2024 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself

At Leading by DESIGN we’re on a mission to help West Michigan become the hotbed of the best leaders in the country. A core to our work is helping leaders explore their unique design so they can make their most positive mark in the world. When you look deeply...
Lessons in Leadership with Kirk Cousins and Rodger Price

Lessons in Leadership with Kirk Cousins and Rodger Price

by Chris Marlink | Aug 25, 2023 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leading Yourself, Living Systems, Public Speaking

At our annual alumni gathering, NFL quarterback and Holland, Michigan native, Kirk Cousins joined Leading by DESIGN founder Rodger Price to discuss the lessons in leadership he’s gleaned throughout his storied college and pro-football career. Their conversation...
When Values Attract and Conflict

When Values Attract and Conflict

by Chris Marlink | Aug 25, 2022 | A Human System, Being a Person Worth Following, DoKnowBe Tree, Leading Yourself

Have you ever considered why some people exert a tractor-beam like quality on you? In my experience we’re attracted to people based on some strange alchemy of their personality, appearance, and values. This is certainly true of my wife of nearly twenty years....
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • What Can Childhood Passions Teach You About Your Work?
  • How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?
  • Fight Like a Bulldog or Flow Like Water? Discernment and Leadership
  • The Examined Leader and a Life Worth Living
  • Is an Exclusive LEAD 24/7 Cohort Right for Your Team?

Recent Comments

  • Chris Marlink on How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?
  • John Scafe on How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?
  • Listening in a Time of Crisis - Leading by DESIGN on Leadership Toolbox: Listening
  • A Vision for West Michigan Leaders in the West Coast Way - Leading by DESIGN on Personal Balcony Time
  • ‘You’re getting warmer’ isn't good executive leadership - Leading by DESIGN on Personal Balcony Time

Search By Author

  • Chris Marlink
  • Elizabeth Rolinski
  • Gerald Alvaro
  • Janet Wielenga
  • Jeffrey Boersma
  • Laura Anthony
  • Meredith Nieuwsma
  • Rodger Price

Archives

Categories

ABOUT US

Good leaders have a significant influence on workplace culture and team member performance and, as such, make a significant impact on the bottom line.

LBD BLOG | RECENT POSTS

  • What Can Childhood Passions Teach You About Your Work?
  • How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?
  • Fight Like a Bulldog or Flow Like Water? Discernment and Leadership
  • The Examined Leader and a Life Worth Living
  • Is an Exclusive LEAD 24/7 Cohort Right for Your Team?

201 W Washington Ave
Zeeland, MI 49464

info@leadingbydesign.com

(616) 405-1918 (C)
© Copyright 2019, Leading by DESIGN

  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Designed by Purposed Press Media | Holland, MI