From Servant to Steward: The Leadership Shift That Changes Everything
I was first exposed to the concept of steward leadership about 15 years ago when I and eight other business leaders spent a day with the now late Kent Wilson, researcher and author of the book Steward Leadership in the Nonprofit Organization and the article “Is Steward Leadership Different than Servant Leadership?” Although his book…
Read MoreA Mission, Profit, Growth Philosophy: Fueling Meaningful Work & Lasting Impact
If you think making a profit is the main goal of your business, you are missing the point of being in business. Oh yes, profit is very important. Your business cannot sustain itself without it. But by itself, making a profit as the main reason for being in business falls short of bringing true meaning…
Read MoreDISHER update: Open as an Essential Business
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that DISHER qualifies as an “Essential Business” per Michigan Governor Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order EO 2020-21 (COVID-19).
Read MoreCustomer Communication – Message from Jeff Disher
As we all work hard to follow the recommended containment efforts of the COVID-19 virus, both the continued safety and success of your organization and ours’ is most important to the team at DISHER.
Read More20 Years of Blessings – Taking Time to Marvel this December
Jeff Disher, Founder and President of DISHER, takes time to marvel during the month of December and give thanks to customers, coworkers, and community for the last twenty years.
Read MoreStewardship Brings Purpose
December is Stewardship month at DISHER! Stewardship is one of our 12 Culture Characteristics. If you were sitting in our company’s all-team meeting last Friday, you would have heard Kimberly and Chuck share why we embrace stewardship and stories of how we live it out— not just in December but throughout the year. One of the…
Read MoreHow Will You Play Your Hand?
Good Stewardship is a Win-Win A Core Culture Characteristic at DISHER December is our month for highlighting Stewardship at DISHER. It’s one of our 12 Culture Characteristics. Every December we talk about what it is, why we do it, and the many ways in which we can carry it out in our lives throughout…
Read MoreThe Power of the Checklist
Relying on Memory is a Bad Strategy I’ve read a number of blogs and articles recently that have had titles like these: “Embracing Failure”, “Learning from our Failures”, “Fail Fast, Fail Cheap”, and so on. All were making the point that failure is a good thing from which we grow and learn. We are often…
Read MoreGet More Hits in Product Development
As the owner of a product development firm, I often receive calls that go something like this, “We have this idea for a new product, but we’re not sure how to get it developed— can you help us?” As the conversation continues, I sense that they think their idea is a big winner… and visions…
Read MoreProduct Constraints Can be the Catalyst to a Great Design
In the world of design and engineering, product requirements (also called constraints) can often feel like restraints to our creativity and ability to design a great product or solution. We’ve all experienced the feeling of frustration when a constraint has kept us from implementing a good solution— sometimes literally by only tenths of a millimeter.…
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