by Chris Marlink | Jan 4, 2023 | Leading Yourself, Shaping Culture
The turning of the year is a human construct, but we still imbue it with all kinds of meaning. I don’t go in much for resolutions, and the statistics about people actually keeping those resolutions (Save more! Eat healthy! Call my mom!) is kind of laughable. Still, to...
by Chris Marlink | Nov 9, 2022 | Celebrations, Leading Yourself, Shaping Culture
“Success leads to happiness” is a story. It’s so powerful and pervasive a story that often we don’t even realize that it’s working in our lives as a kind of operating system below our consciousness. We’re following a narrative that we haven’t consciously...
by Chris Marlink | Oct 27, 2022 | Casting Vision, Living Systems, Shaping Culture
We all want to be happy. That’s a given. Written into our Declaration of Independence is our common belief in an unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. But should we pursue happiness, and how does our work intersect with and impact our happiness? The...
by Chris Marlink | Oct 13, 2022 | DoKnowBe Tree
One of the great perks of being an alumni of LEAD 24/7 is the opportunity to network, and to connect with leaders who share a common language and passion for making west Michigan the nation’s hotbed of the best leaders. At a recent alumni event held at the...
by Chris Marlink | Aug 25, 2022 | A Human System, Being a Person Worth Following, DoKnowBe Tree, Leading Yourself
Have you ever considered why some people exert a tractor-beam like quality on you? In my experience we’re attracted to people based on some strange alchemy of their personality, appearance, and values. This is certainly true of my wife of nearly twenty years....
by Chris Marlink | Jul 18, 2022 | Building a Great Team, Casting Vision, Developing Individuals, Developing the Team
Unemployment levels are back to their pre-pandemic lows (below 4% nationally), and as any leader charged with building (and keeping!) an amazing team knows, it’s not easy to fill key vacancies. As Rodger Price explains in his latest article for the Grand Rapids...
by Chris Marlink | Jul 1, 2022 | Listening, Living Systems
The global pandemic of 2020-2022 will (eventually) offer us case studies in leadership during a time of extreme anxiety. While the definitive books about this season in leadership haven’t been written (yet), I think a key element will be that the pandemic acted...
by Chris Marlink | May 25, 2022 | Being a Person Worth Following, Building a Great Team, Casting Vision
Following on the heels of his presentation at the Wake Up West Michigan event put on by the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce, Rodger Price has a new essay in the West Coast Way where he casts a bold vision for West Michigan leaders. If you’ve had a chance...
by Chris Marlink | Apr 20, 2022 | DoKnowBe Tree
I recently had the privilege of joining Rodger Price at a Wake Up West Coast Chamber event for a presentation on the DoKnowBe Tree. Given that Rodger had thirty minutes to explore the DoKnowBe Tree rather than the several hours typically spent on it in class, he...
by Chris Marlink | Mar 4, 2022 | Casting Vision, Effective Communication, Leading Yourself
You’re getting warmer, you’re getting colder Are you unintentionally playing a game of “You’re getting warmer, you’re getting colder” as a leader? That’s the question Rodger Price explores in a recent article for the Grand...
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