Blog - North Group Consultants

Jul 20, 2017

Excellence Doesn’t Come Easy

By Jerry Murray

Last week my family attended a classical music concert together – not a typical Saturday for the Murrays. Several pieces were memorable; one is still impacting me. The conductor gently raised his h...

Jun 20, 2017

Video Blog – Intentional Leadership: Helping Others Win

By Roger North

Roger North of North Group Consultants challenges leaders to develop deep relationships where their character is strengthened and natural influence is utilized to sharpen one another. Who are the p...

Jun 5, 2017

Letting Go and Moving On

By Lynette Meck

I am preparing to move to a new community in another town. In order to provide a comfortable, clutter-free environment in our new, smaller home, we must give up many things - furniture, art, books, p...

May 18, 2017

Avoiding Behavioral Drift

By Daryl Leisey

There is a great quote from John Maxwell that states, “Experience is not the best teacher… EVALUATED experience is the best teacher.” Or, as I heard a speaker say one time, “Experience makes us older...

Apr 20, 2017

What Are You Chasing?

By David Thompson

Have you ever stopped to reflect on the “good ole’ days” where: The only thing you could do in your car was listen to the radio, mentally plan, converse with a passenger, or take in the scenery? ...

Apr 5, 2017

Leadership vs. Management

By Joanne Ladley

Have you noticed how people are creating their own job titles these days? There are Chief Creative Officers, Chief Mission Officers and the more traditional Marketing Managers and Directors of Human R...

Mar 5, 2017

Relational Roadblocks

By Roger Garber

We all know the fundamentals of strong, healthy relationships, don't we? Asking good questions, listening well, investing in transparency and trust, there is really no mystery. So why do we get so eas...

Dec 5, 2016

Building Character

By Craig Schloneger

One of the most important gifts we can give to our family, friends, co-workers and ourselves is to be a person of character. David Brooks, in his book The Road to Character, examines the lives of a...

Nov 21, 2016

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By Jerry Murray

I am a numbers guy. I don’t know why – it’s just how I think. Numbers measure stuff and help simplify things for me. Sometimes I am fascinated with how broadly numerical metrics can be applied to e...