by Rodger Price | Sep 25, 2017 | Public Speaking
(This post was first published here on September 21, 2015.) Public Speaking! Yikes!! For many people, public speaking is more feared than death! All you have to do is avoid it, right? The problem is that public speaking is an important skill for organizational...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Sep 18, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
Your team knows you care about them by your level of willingness to sacrifice and serve them. The year must have been around 1980. There had been an unexpected significant increase in the volume of our business, and it hit us in the heart of the summer vacation...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Sep 11, 2017 | Leading Yourself
This is a season of endings and beginnings for many of us. September sometimes feels like a mini-New Year to me, with the end of summer and the start of a new school year. Just last week, we wrapped up a LEAD 365 cohort, and we are kicking off four new cohorts this...
by Rodger Price | Sep 5, 2017 | Casting Vision
(This post was first published here on March 7, 2016.) Last week I shared with you how the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, has influenced my life. I promised that in this week’s posting I would share how the 80/20 rule has impacted our design and delivery of LEAD...
by Rodger Price | Aug 28, 2017 | Leading Yourself
Today’s post was originally published here on February 29, 2016. One of my favorite philosophies for leadership is the Pareto Principle. I don’t think we talked about this principle in class so this may be a new topic to you. I want to explain this important...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Aug 21, 2017 | Casting Vision
Frank Sinatra first sang the following words back in 1959: Just what makes that little old ant think he can move a rubber tree plant everyone knows that ant, can’t move a rubber tree plant But he’s got high hopes He’s got high hopes He’s got high apple pie in the sky...
by Rodger Price | Aug 14, 2017 | Business Acumen
(This post was first published here on October 26, 2015.) In my last post I shared that we now open our teaching on business acumen with the simple belief that value wins the day. I wrote that it is critical that business leaders understand the basics of business even...
by Rodger Price | Aug 7, 2017 | Business Acumen
(This post was first published here on October 19, 2015.) I have a key belief that affects the way I live. I believe the basic premise of business is to bring real value to the world and then be compensated for that value, usually in the form of money. This is the...
by Rodger Price | Jul 31, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following, Leadership Framework
Today’s post was originally published here on October 5, 2015. Finally—a fresh topic! Every now and then, rather than just review a topic we covered in class, we’re going to share something that’s been percolating and seems like it might be important. This is...
by Rodger Price | Jul 24, 2017 | Shaping Culture
Today’s post was originally published here on October 12, 2015. In my twenties I worked as an engineer at General Motors—Oldsmobile to be specific. Working at a car company was pretty cool on many levels. I got to drive all kinds of cool cars that would not go...
