I’ve been blogging now for 8 months. That’s a lot of posts. But the posts I got the most feedback on were from my “Lessons from the Farm” series where I reflected on leadership learnings I’ve gleaned from my time growing up working on my dad’s farm. Today’s Check It …
wes Guest Post: The Security of Structure
We have a first for the blog today! Here’s a guest post written by friend Eric Kaiser. My kindergarten son and I love Legos! We have a ton. Honestly, I use my son as an excuse to buy a lot of Legos. Most of the time he will help me …
Structure vs Creativity
Last week I talked about leading from creativity and leading from structure, using the backdrop of two recent woodworking projects. Today, I want to reflect a little more. I truly believe that effective leadership calls for both creativity and structure. There are times where being creative is the only way …
Leading from Structure
On Tuesday I wrote about Leading from Creativity. You can check it out here. Over the past week I’ve completed two woodworking projects. The first one, as I wrote about on Tuesday, developed from a place of creativity. The second one, however, had a blueprint. Now, I’m not one who …
Check It Out: Hard Conversations
Today’s Check It Out is a lesson, again, I learned years ago: waiting for the “right time” to have a hard conversation is often cut short by the arrival of the “necessary time”. Click over and check it out. Don’t Hide from Hard Conversations