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Counting versus Culture

July 16, 2016Ken Wrede1 commentCognition, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Leadership development, psychology

Instead of arguing about leadership and management, agree on operational definitions that segment the problems and steer the conversation toward solutions. In a simplistic way: Managers protect resources. Leaders protect culture. Excerpt from “6 Rabbit Holes of Leadership” Available on Amazon Kindle

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.

Suncoast Business Leaders Leadership Panel

May 21, 2016Ken WredeNo commentsHuman Resources, Leadership, Leadership development, organizational culture, Suncoast Business Leaders

This is just a quick note to thank Laurie MacDonald from MacDonaldConsultants for hosting a wonderful leadership panel on 18 May at the Centre Club Tampa sponsored by The Suncoast Business Leaders organization.

Three Fallacies of Leadership

February 25, 2016Ken WredeCrisis management, Leadership, Leadership development, leadership principles

To paraphrase the old saying, “Leadership is like the weather – everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it.” People seem to accept leadership, good or bad, as a cosmic fate that simply happens. If we benefit, great. If we suffer from inadequate leadership, it is perceived as bad fortune and unavoidable. I…

How to Screw-up Leadership Development

August 6, 2015Ken WredeFunctional Leadership, HR, Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership development, Organization Development, organizational culture

<tap> <tap> CEOs <tap> <tap> Are you out there?  Anybody? <tap> <tap> COOs? CFOs? <tap> <tap> Is this thing on? I really want to be that motivator guy.  You know, the guy that runs around and pumps everyone up.  I want to throw those pithy motivational quotes that seem deep and meaningful, but also contradict…

Leadership is Like a Good Suit

July 30, 2015Ken WredeCrisis management, Leadership, Leadership development, leadership principles, organizational culture

(Or The Fallacy of Leadership Style) There are a lot of articles and posts written on the subject of leadership style.  Most of it is based on a faulty premise: you are your leadership style and your leadership style is you. In other words, people are led to believe that they are defined by their leadership style…

I was Interview by Jonathan Pritchard (ALWD)

July 27, 2015Ken WredeCognition, Critical Thinking, Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership development, leadership principles

I had a podcast interview with Jonathan Pritchard over at A Life Well Designed. Jonathan uses design principles to analyze challenges in life and business, then applies design techniques to find elegant, effective solutions. (For some reason I had a tough time enunciating, but I hope the messages were clear.) I enjoyed the interview immensely,…

Why are We Assessing Leadership Roles and Styles?

July 16, 2015Ken WredeBusiness Policy, Critical Thinking, HR, Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership development, psychology

What is the point of all of it? Millions of dollars are spent each year on personality assessment tests.  But, nobody can express a clear reason why. “Two and a half million Americans a year take the Myers-Briggs. Eighty-nine companies out of the US Fortune 100 make use of it, for recruitment and selection or…

Leadership is Like Being a Good Host

July 10, 2015Ken WredeLeadership, Leadership development, Policy

“But they are like family to me!” You hear this phrase or something like it when people speak about their work relationships.  Hell, I’ve been guilty of saying it in one form or another.  It is sorta sad to think about it, but we often spend more time in the company of our colleagues than…

When Do You Stop Leading?

June 24, 2015Ken WredeLeadership, Leadership development

I recently caught a glimpse of a message in one of my professional newsfeeds that posed the question “When do you stop being a leader?” It is hard to consider it when you are the leader, so my default process has always been to remember my thoughts and feelings when I can observe as a…

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