The Change Stops Here

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Kris Krueger

Where does the “buck” stop with change?  I’ll tell you where I think it stops… with your front line leaders. To beat some phrases “with a stick,” the front line leader is where “the rubber meets the road.”  If your organization is struggling implementing change, consider checking with the front line leaders. Front line leaders typically have [...]

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Are you Prepared to be Wrong?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Kris Krueger

What if you’re wrong? What if an idea, approach, solution, thought, or answer you have at this very moment is flat out not right?  What if the thing you’ve done successfully fifty times before in this exact same situation is not the right solution in THIS situation? How would you know you are wrong?  How would you get another, better solution [...]

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Leading and Developing “Cezzanes”

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Kris Krueger

What is the best way to look at “talent?” With regard to this question, I have been pondering a couple of things related to talent these days and they are “Picassos and Cézannes.” I saw author and speaker Malcolm Gladwell speak at a conference last June where he talked about the difference between artists Pablo Picasso and [...]

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Leadership Madness

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Kris Krueger

Although admittedly a trite subject, it perhaps can’t hurt to take a look at something that is in the front of many people’s minds this time of year  – March Madness. Although tired and menacing to many, sports is often used as a metaphor in the business world.  So, since we are in the season, please [...]

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People Are Humans

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Kris Krueger

Suffice to say that moving into a management role is sometimes the only way organizations can reward people who are performing well at the individual level.  What that means is that often times, people who were good at and enjoyed their individual level role are asked to move into a management role that requires much [...]

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To Share or Not to Share – What is the Question?

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Kris Krueger

The higher up you rise in an organization, the more likely you are to be given access to information that is not commonly known to everyone else in the organization.  This can present a dilemma. What do you share and what don’t you share? It’s not as if people don’t know that there is information [...]

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Leaders Aren’t Perfect

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Kris Krueger

As hard as this may be to believe, even though people will tell you that they don’t expect you to be perfect as a leader, they, in fact, do.  (If not perfect, then pretty darned close to it!) Think back to your first supervisor of any kind.  Did that person lead perfectly?  Or, conversely, did you [...]

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