by Rodger Price | May 1, 2017 | Leaning into Healthy Conflict
In Jeff’s last post, he reminded you of our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model and the importance of not avoiding conflict. In my last post, I reminded you of the path to low impact that we teach in LEAD 365 and how that path is initiated by attempting to avoid...
by Rodger Price | Apr 24, 2017 | Leaning into Healthy Conflict
Jeff did a nice job of reviewing our Leaning Into Healthy Conflict model in last week’s posting while also adding some new insights from author Reggie McNeal about the importance of not avoiding conflict. To build on Jeff’s posting, I want to remind you of some of the...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Apr 17, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
Let’s start today with a quick look at the “Leaning In To Healthy Conflict” model. Since this is such a key part of leadership, regularly reviewing this model is definitely in order. Before you keep reading, see if you can visually picture the process in your head....
by Rodger Price | Apr 10, 2017 | Leading Yourself
Many of the topics I teach and blog about are things that I have pondered and researched for many years. Often, after so much time processing my thoughts, I develop some clear beliefs about what is best with regards to the topic under consideration. This topic isn’t...
by Rodger Price | Apr 3, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following, Building a Great Team, Developing the Team
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it. It was originally published on November 30, 2015.) A few weeks back we had a man come to do some work on our living room carpet, and he and I started to slide our very heavy couch out of...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Mar 20, 2017 | Leading Yourself
Great leaders make sure that they schedule what we call “balcony time.” So many things call for our attention at work every day that we can get completely caught up in the day-to-day business of business—what’s happening on the “dance floor.” Getting up in...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Mar 13, 2017 | Building a Great Team
Back in December I shared a music video from the band Ok Go. I so highly value creativity, art, and music that I could post on something like that every week, but I hold back. Recently, though, our Leading by DESIGN team has been talking about innovation, which we...
by Rodger Price | Mar 3, 2017 | Alumni Learning Group
About fifteen years ago I heard an expert suggest that most people end up being the average of the people they hang out with. Often a random insight works on me for years, and the idea that people are the average of the people they hang out with has been working away...
by Jeffrey Boersma | Feb 20, 2017 | Leading Yourself
This is a true story about a leader, his team, and the difficulties with establishing boundaries and margins. As is often the case, one of the things that made this leader great was that he could get things done that no one else could. Even though he had trained his...
by Meredith Nieuwsma | Feb 12, 2017 | Being a Person Worth Following
With Valentine’s Day just a day away, thoughts of love are in the air. Josh and I spent the first twelve years of our marriage not celebrating V-Day at all, and then our daughter started school. Apparently Valentine’s Day is a Very Big Deal to...
