What Is a SWOT Analysis? And How to Run One

Somebody filling out a swot analysis on paper

At some point, every leader hits a moment where things feel unclear. The team is busy, decisions are being made, but underneath is all, there’s a sense that something isn’t fully aligned.   If you’re moving forward without a clear picture of where you stand, a SWOT analysis is a simple way to pause, step back,…

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A Vision for West Michigan Leaders in the West Coast Way

Writing for the West Coast Way, Rodger Price laid out the three biggest opportunities before West Michigan leaders if we are to make our area the hotbed of the nation’s best leaders: become a person worth following, build a great team, and get clarity about why an organization exists, where it’s going, and how it will behave.

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A Safe Space to Innovate – More Prevalent than Ever?

Many organizations have some sort of defined innovation processes. They each use their own language and bucket the steps a little differently, but the main concepts and the flow are often quite similar. Leading by DESIGN’s steps, for example, look like this: Identify the opportunity Discover as much information as possible about the opportunity Incubate Generate…

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You’re Getting Warmer

I recently talked with a client about his frustration with his boss, who he really admires. When I heard what he described and realized that his frustration stemmed from lack of vision, I shared my belief that most leaders are unintentionally playing a game of “you’re getting warmer, you’re getting colder” when it comes to…

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How To Help Your Organization Be an IFZ

Change is hard. Innovation requires change, but change is scary. So I feel I can serve you best today by giving you a few suggestions to make sure your organization can stop innovation in its tracks. What are some easy ways you can head innovation off at the pass to make sure that your organizational…

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Some Vision Is Better Than None

When I made the jump in 2019 from employee with a side hustle in communications to full-time freelancer, I thought that I had made “The Big Decision.” I would work for myself, and that was a huge leap. Then, as my portfolio began to grow, I was asked by a client if I was planning…

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