by Meredith Nieuwsma | Mar 11, 2019 | Building a Great Team, Celebrations, Developing the Team, Shaping Culture
(This post was first published here on January 4, 2016.) When was the last time your team did something that made a difference? That they went the extra mile? That they hit their goals, or accomplished more than was asked of them? When was the last time you celebrated...
by Rodger Price | Mar 4, 2019 | Leaning into Healthy Conflict
When you think back on your year in LEAD 365, do you remember the number one thing I hoped all participants would learn? If LEAD 365 alums could only be better at one thing when compared to non-alums, do you remember what I hoped that one thing would be? My hope is...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Feb 25, 2019 | Being a Person Worth Following, Diversity
I’ve never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them. I love the quote above by Neil Gaiman. I probably use it too much, but it’s become a mantra of sorts for me. It helps me...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Feb 18, 2019 | Business Acumen
Business is the activity of making one’s living or making money. Acumen is the ability to make good decisions. Great organizational leaders are able to make great decisions about making money, they practice business acumen. When we use the expression “Mind...
by Rodger Price | Feb 11, 2019 | Diversity
This is the third of a three-part posting I’m doing on diversity in West Michigan. First let me say that I am no expert on diversity. However I am very interested in it and feel it is an important issue to explore if our community is to be among the best in the...
by Rodger Price | Feb 4, 2019 | Diversity
Last month I started sharing my long-time thoughts on diversity. Today and next week I want to continue sharing my thoughts about what I believe is an important topic if West Michigan is to become the Silicon Valley of leadership. As I mentioned in my first posting on...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Jan 28, 2019 | Casting Vision, Leading Yourself
In July of 2013 I learned that the organization I worked for was restructuring and that my position was one of several that would be eliminated at the end of the year. I was blindsided by this and completely devastated. I loved my work and believed I’d been doing it...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Jan 21, 2019 | Listening, Living Systems
(This post was first published here on September 28, 2015.) Everyone who has been through PILOT/LEAD 365 has spent time in jail—the Ottawa County jail—as a setting to learn about living systems. A living system is any group of people who spend time together and...
by Rodger Price | Jan 14, 2019 | Diversity
I have a client who has become a fast-friend over the past two years since he’s lived in West Michigan. He really likes what we are doing at Leading by DESIGN and agrees with us that West Michigan could be the hotbed of great leadership in the country. It’s really...
by Rodger Price | Jan 6, 2019 | Being a Person Worth Following
It’s that time of year again. The start of a new year, right on the heels of the closing of last year. I once heard someone say that looking back is a good thing, but probably only in the same ratio that the rear view mirror takes up in your field of vision when...
