by Rodger Price | Feb 26, 2018 | Feedback, Perspective/Blindness
Today’s post was originally published here on March 28, 2016. How is your career going? How is your family life? How are your finances? How are your stocks doing? You may be thinking, “Why so many questions about how I’m doing?” I’m asking because it will help me...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Feb 19, 2018 | Alumni Learning Group, Being a Person Worth Following
Hello Leaders, My office in Grand Haven is owned by an accounting firm. My heart goes out to these men and women during tax season as they work seven days a week, on very little sleep, from now until April 15. One of the greatest fears the rest of us have is to...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Feb 12, 2018 | Living Systems
Imagine that you’re taking a walk along a path outside. As you round a bend, you see an elephant. Before you have a chance to think, his ears go up, his head drops, and he starts to charge straight at you. What do you do? What would you do if you were in the...
by Gerald Alvaro | Feb 5, 2018 | Building a Great Team
You may be wondering, “Why are we talking about trust again?” The simple answer is that everything we do with others is built upon this one word. Think of the pain created when we absolutely don’t trust someone. Something has created question marks in our mind around...
by Rodger Price | Jan 29, 2018 | Being a Person Worth Following, Favorites
I’m no psychiatrist but I’ve always been intrigued by the things people do and why they do them. Out of this curiosity, and over many years of observations, I’ve come to my own theories, or even beliefs, about people’s make-up. It is from these observations and desire...
by Rodger Price | Jan 22, 2018 | Effective Communication, Listening
Since your experience in LEAD 365 I’ve been doing more informal research and reflection on why we choose to offer a module on communication. As such, I’ve gained more clarity about why we explore it, what the challenges are and what can be done to be a more effective...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Jan 15, 2018 | Casting Vision
My fellow leaders, I’ve put it out there and I can’t take it back. Too many people know. Too many have heard. I’ve talked about it too many times. There is no turning back. And I do have some fears. What if we don’t make it? What if the current favorable conditions...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Jan 8, 2018 | Leading Yourself
Happy 2018! A new year is a great opportunity to pause, reflect on the previous year, and plan for the year to come. We hope that you’ll take some time this week to look back on your leadership learnings from 2017 and to think about how you might challenge...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Dec 17, 2017 | Listening
Dear fellow listeners, Here is a fun quiz: the phrase “seek first to understand, then to be understood” comes from which of the following? The LEAD 365 segment on high impact listening. The LEAD 365 segment on leaning in to healthy conflict. Steven Covey’s...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Dec 11, 2017 | A Human System, Feedback, Listening
Today’s post was originally published here on September 14, 2015. Let’s continue exploring feedback. In this 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?...
