by Jeffrey Boersma | Jul 17, 2017 | Celebrations
Our youngest child finished high school this spring, and one of the West Michigan traditions that we observed was hosting a graduation open house. We actually observed a bunch of them since were invited to the open houses of all her friends! From Memorial Day weekend...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Jul 10, 2017 | Business Acumen
“Would you rather be overpaid or underpaid?” When Rodger first asked me this question years ago I immediately responded with overpaid. Josh was in grad school and we had just adopted our daughter. There wasn’t much wiggle room in our budget. Turns out that’s the wrong...
by Rodger Price | Jul 2, 2017 | Listening
In last week’s post, I referred to a simple comment from a client in a coaching session as we talked about the concept of “seeking to understand”—a term coined by Stephen Covey and a critical piece of our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model. The comment he...
by Rodger Price | Jun 26, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following, Listening
I’ve had a new concept on my mind lately. Some of you know me well enough to know that one of my beliefs is that topics often choose me—I don’t seek them out. This seems to be true with a topic that has been “working on me” over the past several months. The name I’ve...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Jun 19, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following, Developing the Team
What gives leaders credibility? Make it personal—what do you believe gives you credibility with your team? How do you know when you have it? Why is it so vitally important? James Kouzes and Barry Posner did a study about ten years ago in which they asked business...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Jun 12, 2017 | Developing the Team, Leading Yourself
The last several months have been some of the hardest of my life. How’s that for an opening sentence? I’m going to share some of what’s been going on for me in hopes that it will help you continue your own growth as a leader. Here’s a quick recap of my last few years....
by Rodger Price | Jun 5, 2017 | Building a Great Team
Back when we taught at your team-building retreat we talked about the Eight Characteristics of a Great Team. Can you remember any of the characteristics? (I’ve listed them all for you at the bottom of this post if you want a reminder.) One of them is trust. When...
by Rodger Price | May 29, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
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 don’t worry about who gets credit for...
by Rodger Price | May 22, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
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 isn’t really unfair because any leader can do the...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | May 15, 2017 | Alumni Learning Group
Fellow Leaders, Reunions are great. We get to enjoy them with you at alumni events as well as one-on-one as many of you have stopped in to say hello (keep doing that!). What I really enjoy is seeing the growth and transformation that has taken place. I’ve seen this so...
