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...
Many of you have heard me say that concepts often work on me, whether I want them to or not. My ego would like to claim that I’m working on them, but I have to admit that I often feel like I have no choice—some concepts just seem to wrestle with me until I feel like...
Three years ago I read Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek and enjoyed many aspects of it. One concept that stirred me up was his contention that people need to work in a “circle of safety” where they don’t ever have to worry about being fired. Sinek’s belief is...
Fellow leaders, One of the key teachings in the book Switch is that the more we can turn people problems into situational problems, the more likely we are to see successful change—even when change is hard. And the more we can look at others with the mindset...
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) There are four main elements to building great teams: Getting the right people on the bus (and in the right seats). Getting the wrong people off the bus. Developing team members as...
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) It’s easy for me to think of great leaders—Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Steve Jobs, and Bono all come to mind. Great leaders show up in many different parts of the world and sectors of the...
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