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The Delegation Challenge

February 23, 2017Ken WredeNo comments

The biggest challenge for most people when delegating to others is that they don’t trust their subordinates on a fundamental level. The inability to delegate is not a leadership problem, it is actually only a symptom of a larger leadership problem: the absence of trust and confidence. Who is responsible for building that trust? If…

The Slippery Slope of Integrity

February 15, 2017Ken Wrede1 comment

There are basically two kinds of people who get involved in unethical actions in business. In one case, they are proactive and premeditated in their actions. In the other case, it just sorta happens.

Leaders Have No Right to Demand Trust

October 1, 2016Ken WredeNo comments

Leaders must protect the most important asset generated by healthy organizational cultures: Trust. It is through the process of good culture that leaders earn trust of their subordinates. Leaders who ignore that lesson destroy corporate value.  

The Rational Business

July 3, 2016Ken WredeNo commentsCognition, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Leadership development, psychology

Science follows evidence to support a conclusion; ideology starts with a conclusion and seeks evidence to prove it.

Is the NSA Really Your Biggest Problem?

July 3, 2015Ken WredeCritical Thinking, Intellectual property, perception

Why do we fear the NSA? Why do we fear sharks? Why do we fear anything? Here’s some context: Shark attacks in 2014: 72 unprovoked attacks with 3 fatalities.[1] A 2006 Time article stated that more than 600 people die annually in the US alone by falling out of bed.[2] Which should you fear more,…

Managing the Power Game

May 28, 2015Ken WredeHuman Resources, Leadership, Leadership development

We cannot avoid the influences and effect of power in daily life.  It is a dynamic, complicated byproduct of social interaction and constantly changes even in a single relationship between two people. How often has the phrase “where do you want to eat?” come up and how often was that decision based on your desire…

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