by Rodger Price | Dec 4, 2017 | Public Speaking
Leaders, We have an unusual posting for you this week. Last week was “V Week” for those of us who enjoy college basketball. “V Week” is named for Jimmy V, also known as Jim Valvano. Valvano was a great college basketball coach who got terminal...
by Rodger Price | Nov 27, 2017 | Leading Change
Today’s post was originally published on February 8, 2016. Truth without love can be mean, and love without truth can be a lie. Today’s post is a review of a skill that I think it is the most important skill needed in West Michigan leaders. It is the...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Nov 21, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
All of you who have been on the two-day retreat as a part of building great teams have done the trust walk. My favorite part of that exercise is not the first part when there is no talking; it’s not the second part where you can talk but the one person is still...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Nov 13, 2017 | Building a Great Team, Shaping Culture
Building an incredible team is so important that it’s one of the main branches we focus on in the Do portion of the DoKnowBe Tree. We’ve heard from many of you that you are spending time and effort building your team and you’re seeing results, which...
by Rodger Price | Nov 6, 2017 | Casting Vision
We’ve had an exciting year, and this seems like a good time to update all of you LEAD 365 alumni on how our purpose and vision is progressing. I’m guessing that most of you remember our purpose/mission (the reason Leading by DESIGN exists), which is to make West...
by Gerald Alvaro | Oct 30, 2017 | Leading Yourself
Of the many definitions people use to describe leadership, one of my favorite definitions is “the ability to influence and motivate others toward a common vision or goal.” I like it because of two words: influence and motivation. I like influence because it has...
by Rodger Price | Oct 23, 2017 | Leading Yourself
This posting might get me in trouble in West Michigan. It might even get me in trouble with my team. But there’s something I believe about great leaders that I feel needs to be said. After saying it, I’m more than happy to hear any rebuttals. After hearing those, I...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Oct 16, 2017 | Building a Great Team, Developing the Team
Trust is at the heart of building great teams. Without it, a cascade of negative things that hurt the team takes place: reluctance to have healthy conflict, unwillingness to make commitments, avoidance of accountability, and a failure to look at real results...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Oct 9, 2017 | Leading Yourself
I grew up in a very artistic family. Two of my three siblings have fine arts degrees, and my brother still makes a living in a creative field. My mom can sew anything and has had strangers ask if they could buy the wall hangings she creates. My dad could build...
by Rodger Price | Oct 2, 2017 | Living Systems
Today’s post was originally 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...
