Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. - Stephen Covey Today’s conversation is all about a key ingredient of leadership – trust. And trust me (no pun intended), this is not a soft element in leadership. It is critical. Here are a few of our main discussion points: Establish guardrails. What are the boundaries for each team member? Trust is something that can be … [Read more...]
Creative Onboarding
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. – Peter Drucker After podcasting about our hiring strategies a few months ago, we had a few listeners write in and ask us how we handle our onboarding practices once we do make a decision to bring in a new team member. So, today’s podcast is all about how we onboard our new hires to ensure their immediate success. As you listen, you’ll see that, for us, it’s all about culture and very little about technical job skills. Some of the main points we hit … [Read more...]
Learning Happens Through Participation
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. – Dorothy Parker I was recently asked to teach a class on entrepreneurship as part of an Economic Development Basic Course for those seeking national certification. Like any responsible teacher, I prepared my presentation over the weeks leading up to the class and arrived ready to go through my entire outline – imparting all kinds of wisdom to these future economic development leaders. However, as I began the presentation, … [Read more...]
Dinner Party
You may be one relationship away from changing the course of your destiny. - Craig Groeschel At our Southwest Michigan First team retreat this summer, I asked everyone to come prepared with a list of 4 to 6 people that they did not have a personal relationship with and they would like to invite to their “dream dinner party.” At first glance, it sounds like just a fun ice breaker activity or an easy way to strike up conversation at the lake – and both are true. But really, it went beyond those … [Read more...]
Why you need to KNOW your people
If a person doesn’t feel like they are known by the people they work for, and I mean known on a personal level, in terms of their dreams, their aspirations, what’s going on in their lives, they cannot, absolutely cannot, be fulfilled in their work. – Patrick Lencioni at Catalyst University 2015 Today, we’re talking about how important it is to KNOW your people. What does this mean for you as a leader and why is it important? Our team at Southwest Michigan First recently read Patrick … [Read more...]
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