by ronalvesteffer | May 12, 2022 | Leadership
“I love watching you play” has been described as the five most powerful words you could say to your child after a sporting event. As parents, we want to fully support our kids. We get excited about going to their games, we can be vocal (sometimes too...
by ronalvesteffer | May 5, 2022 | Leadership
Leaders, here’s a piece of advice for coaching, mentoring and giving feedback: don’t generalize, be very specific! When you generalize, it causes frustration. It glosses over and makes things binary. So much in life is nuanced in the middle with much more...
by ronalvesteffer | Apr 28, 2022 | Leadership
I just finished reading “Life By Design: Your Path To An Exceptional Life” by Jack Daly. I’ve known Jack for years, dating back to when I invited him to West Michigan to talk to our YPO Group about sales leadership, and I follow him on social media. He’s phenomenal,...
by ronalvesteffer | Apr 21, 2022 | Leadership
Adversity: let’s talk about it! March Madness is done and it reminded me of a quote from the University of Virginia’s Head Basketball Coach, Tony Bennett. He says, “If you learn to use adversity, it will buy you a ticket to a place you could not have gone any...
by ronalvesteffer | Apr 14, 2022 | Leadership
I saw a great Tweet recently that said, “Be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” How are we doing as we sit here in April, the second quarter of the year? We all set goals at the beginning of the year and took off flying, motivated,...