Imagine your team standing in front of you right now.
Now imagine that each one of them is similar to the other: Each person is of the same age and sex and has similar perspectives, skills, and talents.
How would this affect your team’s ability to see different perspectives and to come up with unique and creative solutions?Read More
Andy Johnson, author of Pushing Back Entropy, is a passionate speaker, an executive coach, and a former minister. This much anyone can see. But what you may not know about Andy is that he’s also an introvert.Read More
Let’s start with the basics. What do you mean by a “doctrine of excellence”?
When Skip Hall talks about coaching the doctrine of excellence, it doesn’t take long to become enthralled. Sure, his 30 years of coaching football at the Division I level, along with 15 successful years in business, have given him a wealth of insight into how to build, develop, and lead winning teams. Yes, he has a treasure trove of insights and anecdotes from sports legends.Read More
Ron Price has made a habit of continuous learning, applying lessons from all his life experiences to his expertise in leadership. This was true in the sixties and seventies, when he worked his way up from fixing tire tubes in his father’s franchise, into ownership of four franchises across the state of Michigan. It was just as true this past year when he sat down with co-author Randy Lisk to write The Complete Leader, available now through Amazon.Read More
Branding used to be the process of creating top-of-mind … primarily through impressions (i.e advertising). Brands were built by projecting a certain image then reinforcing it through name recognition, saturation and institutional trust. Images were protected, messaging was strict and sameness in the form of consistency was encouraged. This process built brands in every aspect of life: food products, cars, fuel, finance, fashion, etc.Read More
To the Price Associates related network, I want to make you all aware of a new blog that I am beginning. The subject of the blog is the intersection of introversion and leadership. As the title suggests, I am advocating for a revolution of sorts on the part of quiet leaders who tend more toward introversion than extroversion. Read More
We are pleased to announce the release of Pushing Back Entropy: Moving Teams from Conflict to Health by Andy Johnson, our Executive Coach to Quiet Leaders and Team Health Specialist. Andy has been diligently working to create this handbook for teams that addresses two critical areas of much needed development and focus. As Andy contends in the book, “The field isn’t level.” It declines away from health and toward conflict and other manifestations of decline according to this universal principle of entropy.Read More
Excellent leaders know the importance, power and leverage of receiving the best ideas from each and every member of their team. It is in the context of the interchange of ideas that often the best and most creative team solutions emerge. The methodology we follow at times, however, works against achieving this end. Think about your own process for assuring the highest level of participation from each member of your team.Read More
What Kind of Emotional Wake Does Your Leadership Create?
The first step in learning to control your emotional wake is self awareness. Know what you are feeling in the moment and understand what led you to that emotional state. If you’re in the grip of anger or frustration, instead of erupting in an angry outburst, which will inevitably create further chaos and result in work stoppage, ask yourself who or what crossed your boundaries. Being aware of your emotional state, acknowledging the source of stress and irritation, is the first step in keeping it from affecting others. Read More
In the hot summer of 1973, the Arab oil embargo created gas lines around the block, and the heat was barely tolerable. A laid back 18-year old with a mop of blond hair was taking a year off from school, and responded to a help wanted ad at Eastern Mountain Sports in Boston. He was shown to a tiny, stuffy, windowless office in the back of a chaotic shipping area, also known as The World Headquarters of the People’s Mail Order Business – or PMO.Read More