Blog - North Group Consultants

Oct 20, 2017

Creating Personal Margin

By Daryl Leisey

In his book Margin, author Richard Swenson, M.D., talks about the need to protect and, where needed, expand our margins in life. Just as a printed page would be difficult, if not nearly impossible, to...

Sep 20, 2017

Video Blog – Intentional Leadership: Self Care – Physical

By Roger North

Roger North and Gina Breslin of North Group Consultants emphasize the importance of physical self care for leaders. What steps are you taking to care for yourself physically so you can serve the pe...

Sep 5, 2017

The New-Guy Perspective

By Craig Schloneger

My professional career has taken me to many new places and unique work experiences. During these transitions, I love figuring out how things work and learning from the staff already in place. It requi...

Aug 21, 2017

The Sweet Spot

By Gina Breslin

As athletes know, the right amount of stress or tension must be present for optimal performance. In the moment between the words “runners take your mark” and the starter’s gun, a sprinter must be appr...

Aug 4, 2017

Video Blog – Intentional Leadership: Self Care for Leaders

By Roger North

Roger North of North Group Consultants stresses the importance of self care for leaders in four key areas - physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. What steps are you taking to care for yo...

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...