I write frequently about leading. I love seeing leadership in action. Not everyone on our team has a formal leadership position with the company. So, it would be easy to check out on these notes about leadership. You could easily think “that’s not for me.” Rest assured that I intend that notes on leadership are […]

I was in Shipshewana at our mill yesterday. They had a celebration about their fantastic year. The team in Shipshewana set records in timber and logs purchased, the amount of timber logged by our crews, and the amount of lumber cut, assembled into pallets and shipped. They also put two-thirds of their pallets through a […]

Lee Colan from Inc.com writes about something called the silence spiral. According to Colan, leaders underestimate what teammates want to know and need to know. Oftentimes, not communicating that information creates the following spiral: Silence > Doubt > Fear > Panic > Worst-Case Thinking In other words, if we are silent about how the company […]

I heard it said recently that a leader must be “good, giving and game.” I tell people that every situation I walk in to, I’m looking for leadership or to provide leadership. I’m always glad to discover leadership. That means that the situation doesn’t need me. I can follow along. This quote says that leaders […]