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Top 5 Team & Culture Assessment Tools for Leaders

Top 5 Team & Culture Assessment Tools for Leaders

by Leading by DESIGN | Feb 4, 2026 | Building a Great Team, Developing Individuals, Developing the Team, Shaping Culture, Uncategorized

Some days it feels like your team is working hard but not working together. You sense tension, misalignment, or confusion, but you’re not sure what’s underneath it or how deep it goes. That uncertainty weighs on leaders at every level, and it can make choosing a team...
How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?

How Do Leaders Develop Discernent?

by Chris Marlink | Apr 1, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Innovation, Leading Yourself, Listening, Perspective/Blindness

How do great leaders seem to consistently make the right decision? Where does this internal compass, this discernment come from? And importantly, how can leaders strengthen their own discernment muscles? I recently had the opportunity to host a conversation about...
Fight Like a Bulldog or Flow Like Water? Discernment and Leadership

Fight Like a Bulldog or Flow Like Water? Discernment and Leadership

by Chris Marlink | Mar 5, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Innovation, Leading Yourself, Listening, Perspective/Blindness

How do you tackle a problem? How do you pursue an idea? I don’t mean in the technical sense: breaking down a problem into its smallest parts, or most fundamental questions, doing market research, soliciting feedback, getting the right people in the room. Those are all...
Is an Exclusive LEAD 24/7 Cohort Right for Your Team?

Is an Exclusive LEAD 24/7 Cohort Right for Your Team?

by Chris Marlink | Jan 8, 2025 | Building a Great Team, Leading Change, Leading Yourself

Executives from RoMan Manufacturing and Grand Rapids Chair Company Share Their Stories Our LEAD 24/7 program mixes leaders from several organizations into year-long cohorts to learn and grow together as they discover their unique design for leadership. But just as...
Today’s Talent War will Require the Best from Leaders

Today’s Talent War will Require the Best from Leaders

by Chris Marlink | Jul 18, 2022 | Building a Great Team, Casting Vision, Developing Individuals, Developing the Team

Unemployment levels are back to their pre-pandemic lows (below 4% nationally), and as any leader charged with building (and keeping!) an amazing team knows, it’s not easy to fill key vacancies. As Rodger Price explains in his latest article for the Grand Rapids...
A Vision for West Michigan Leaders in the West Coast Way

A Vision for West Michigan Leaders in the West Coast Way

by Chris Marlink | May 25, 2022 | Being a Person Worth Following, Building a Great Team, Casting Vision

Following on the heels of his presentation at the Wake Up West Michigan event put on by the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce, Rodger Price has a new essay in the West Coast Way where he casts a bold vision for West Michigan leaders. If you’ve had a chance...
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