by Jeffrey Boersma | Dec 13, 2018 | Feedback, Leading Yourself
Remember the Johari Window? Many of us were introduced to the Johari Window in the chapter on Feedback. If you went back to your slides, you would notice that there are 4 quadrants. In the upper right is the “I know, You know” box. In the lower right is the “I...
by Rodger Price | Dec 11, 2018 | Business Acumen
Today’s posting is a little different. Most of our topics fall clearly into one of our three main categories of topics from LEAD 365: 1) Being a person worth following; 2) building a great team; or 3) creating clarity around purpose, vision and value. Today’s topic is...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Dec 3, 2018 | A Human System, Feedback, Listening
(This post was first published here on September 15, 2015.) Let’s continue exploring feedback. In my last post I unpacked why we need feedback. Today we’ll do a quick reminder on why it’s hard for many of us to give or receive feedback. Remember the Human System? A...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Nov 26, 2018 | Feedback, Perspective/Blindness
(This post was first published here on September 8, 2015.) Long, long ago there lived an emperor who loved fine clothing and spent all his money on clothes. He was convinced by a cunning tailor to order a suit of clothing made with fabric so special it could not be...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Nov 19, 2018 | Building a Great Team, Hiring
(This post was first published here on December 19, 2016.) Part of building great teams is getting the right people on the bus. And getting the right people on the bus means having a great onboarding process. This is indispensable to helping them get started on the...
by Rodger Price | Nov 12, 2018 | Being a Person Worth Following
(This post was first published here on May 29, 2017.) Last week I shared some observations I’ve noticed over many years of studying leaders regarding what gives some of them an unfair advantage over others. Here’s a reminder of what I shared: These leaders...
by Rodger Price | Nov 5, 2018 | Being a Person Worth Following
(This post was first published here on May 22, 2017.) Over my twenty-five years of studying great leaders, I’ve come to believe that some leaders, maybe only ten to twenty percent, have an unfair advantage when they compete against other leaders. This unfair advantage...
by Rodger Price | Oct 29, 2018 | Following
Yes, I wrote that correctly. Not only do we need to be leaders worth following, we also need to be followers worth leading. It takes two to tango, so if there is a leader, there is also a follower. Of course the great majority of what we do is focused around what it...
by Rodger Price | Oct 21, 2018 | Developing Individuals, Firing
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...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Oct 15, 2018 | Casting Vision
Many of you know that over five years ago a vision was established. My daughter Morgan and I committed ourselves to summiting the 46 high peaks of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. On July 26, 2013, we summited the first of those high peaks: Cascade Mountain. We...
