by Steven Iwersen | Apr 27, 2018 | Leadership, LIfe Lessons, Personal Growth, Relationships
I was sitting in the airport restaurant. A table by the window. A man and woman nearby started a conversation with me. We talked about the weather, where we were going, and where we had been. A few moments later they gathered their things and left. “Excuse me.” I...
by Steven Iwersen | Apr 22, 2018 | Change, Leadership, Life Balance, LIfe Lessons, Personal Growth, Time Management
I know of a university president that decided to take up boating. He realized that in his efforts to lead the institution into a new era of relevancy he was allowing his life to become overrun with meetings, agendas, and other peoples demands. He had no margin in...
by Steven Iwersen | Apr 9, 2018 | Change, Conflict, Leadership
The Supervisor declared, “My team members are on a need to know basis. I’ll tell them what they need to know when I want them to know it.” When change is in the air, the longer you keep people in the dark, the more their imagination will gravitate toward the worse...
by Steven Iwersen | Mar 28, 2018 | Leadership, Life Balance, Personal Growth
Persuasive vs. Compelling I have a book about leadership that has been in my library since 1994. It is one of those books that is profoundly helpful and worth reading again. And again. I was looking for a different resource this last week, and that old familiar...
by Steven Iwersen | Mar 27, 2018 | Change, Leadership, Relationships
Honored to be interviewed by Ed Rigsbee, CAE, CSP for his show “Raw & Unedited” – a program for Association Executives. What a great surprise to hear this Association Executive say that he believes every trade association Executive or Director...
by Steven Iwersen | Mar 13, 2018 | Conflict, Leadership, Relationships
We don’t usually consider an apology as a form of winning. An apology is deemed to be a sign of losing, an indication that we were wrong in some regard and we are conceding. Yes, an apology is usually an admission that we’ve failed to achieve a particular...
