Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Cindy Riemersma, Chief Operating Officer at 80/20 Inc. We hope you enjoy Cindy’s wisdom and perspective.

In life and leadership we know not what we will face. But each and every day we have control of our actions and reactions, and therefore the overall outcome. How can we learn to better handle the challenges today or tomorrow might throw at us? What can we do, personally and professionally, to take control of our actions and reactions? I have compiled a list of five of the more helpful, and sometimes less obvious, insights I’ve gained over the years.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Robert Lee, Dean and Assistant Professor of Accounting at University of Saint Francis. We hope you enjoy Bob’s wisdom and perspective.

Earlier this year I attended an event where the University of Saint Francis President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF received Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly’s 2015 Legend of Leadership Award. It was a fitting award for a remarkable carrier of leadership. We at USF are fortunate to learn from her example.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jerry Scott. We hope you enjoy Jerry’s wisdom and perspective.

One day this week while Janet and I were taking our evening walk around the lake, I was struck in a moment of clarity how ironic and absurd something was that happened at work that day. Not that I wasn’t listening to her, but like some slightly deranged person I suddenly belly laughed out loud in the middle of the sidewalk. It earned me an eyebrow.

This summer I was able to see U2 perform live at the United Center in Chicago. At first I was a little disappointed to know that the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour would be indoors since I was really in the mood for an outdoor summer stadium show.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Karen Moscato. We hope you enjoy Karen’s wisdom and perspective.

MasterChef is one of my favorite cooking contest shows. I think it’s because I’m a chef waiting to emerge…but in reality I’m a klutz in the kitchen. To demonstrate my culinary prowess, my friends awarded me with the Kitchen Klutz Award when I was living in Fort Wayne. To earn this prestigious award I shared how I baked chocolate chip cookies by flipping them so they would get done on both sides! I don’t think I would last long in the MasterChef kitchen!

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Greg Downes, Chairman Emeritus at Gibson. We hope you enjoy Greg’s wisdom and perspective.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jim Ackley, Director of People Operations for Landscape Forms. We hope you enjoy Jim’s wisdom and perspective. 

Risk. Trust. Common words that mean different things to different people.

There has been a shift between my oldest son and me. I’m not sure exactly when it happened but it most definitely has.

It used to be that I could, with ease, control the pace and tempo of our pick-up basketball games, carefully choreographing the final winning shot. And that winner and the final score was largely determined by me. Sometimes it was him, sometimes me. Sometimes it was close and other times a blowout. But it went according to my plan.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger John Phair, President and CEO of Holladay Properties. We hope you enjoy John’s wisdom and perspective.

I thoroughly enjoyed Tim Lemans’ new book rEvolution and also learned a little bit about Dan Gibson, founder of Gibson and father of one of my partners.

When Tim asked me to write a guest blog on leadership I readily accepted, thinking I’ve been leading for nearly twenty years and managing for nearly twice that long, how hard could it be to write a blog about it? It was more difficult to write about it than do it.

My oldest son and I were hiking recently in Sedona, Arizona. We were on portions of the Baldwin and Templeton Trails, adjacent to Oak Creek, eventually ascending to the amazing Cathedral Rock formation.

After working our way up and over the Mars-like terrain, we made it to the top. You can’t miss a simple engraved wooden sign bolted to a post that says: END OF TRAIL.