We held our family reunion this year at my farm in Michigan, and like many of the events in my life this summer (and always), there are many leadership lessons that I took away. Learn more below. Tweet it out: We all need family – whether blood or not – for strength, stability and relationships.

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Learning from experience – it is something we all do, though some do it far better than others. In order to learn from what has already happened, we must step back and reflect to find those lessons. This coming Friday, I will celebrate 33 years of marriage to my amazing wife, Lori. As we prepare

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Buying a car is a big investment, which is why most people will do their research and take a test drive before they make their decision. Likewise, the organizational investment of time and money to develop your leaders is large and important too. If you are serious about finding ways to develop your leaders, you

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As many of us are either wrapping up our summers or have already wrapped it, I thought it would be fun to share a few leadership lessons that I learned from my summer vacation. Tweet it out: Determine what vacation means to you – and create more of them. They will refresh and revive you.

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Meetings CAN be a waste of time and they can be the biggest productivity and engagement tool in any organization. The difference in outcome rests first and foremost on the shoulders and hands and mind of you as a leader. So think of your very last meeting with your team, and ask yourself: How productive was the

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There are plenty of reasons people dislike meetings. Just ask and you’ll have no trouble getting a long list. But let’s not focus on the negative. Instead of listing the problems with meetings, I’d rather talk about creating better meetings. If you use these four ideas, you will have more effective, more focused, and overall

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The opportunities for learning leadership fundamentals have never been greater. Over the next few weeks, I will be doing a free series on the leadership fundamental of setting expectations and some important related topics. The skill is important, the execution is often flawed, and the learning is free. Will you join me? The longer I

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In a daily email that I send, I asked everyone to send me their favorite ice cream flavors. And I learned A LOT about ice cream – particularly that there are lots of flavors, people LOVE ice cream and they are very particular about what and why they like it. But I also learned a

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Every organization of any size needs to address how they will prepare and support their new and front-line leaders. Some have solid strategies, some do something, but far too many take a “hope and pray” approach. Leaving new leader development to chance is like hoping and praying with no action or support. Whether you are

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