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Not Your Typical Crossfitter ...
I'm a recovering workaholic. Can you relate? Read here for more!

Kraig Smith
Dec 16, 20243 min read


Can-Kicking and Leadership
Kicking the proverbial can down the road occurs for many reasons ... but the practitioner fails to realize that the bill always comes due.

Kraig Smith
Dec 9, 20243 min read
Tell me you're an American without telling me ...
What does it do for your leadership with your people when you show an interest in how someone is "doing"?

Kraig Smith
Dec 2, 20243 min read
The teams, they are a-changing ...!
"... the first hundred days of a new job holds both a unique window of opportunity and a heightened state of risk" (Neff & Citrin).

Kraig Smith
Nov 25, 20243 min read


People as the end, not the means to ....
Seeing people as the end and not simply the means to an end will transform your leadership!

Kraig Smith
Nov 18, 20243 min read


Finding joy
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude (Karl Barth).

Kraig Smith
Nov 11, 20243 min read


True power ....
“Mastering others is strength; mastering oneself is true power” - Lao Tsu

Kraig Smith
Nov 4, 20243 min read


This is YOUR life!
Six steps to discovering the course your life is taking.

Kraig Smith
Oct 20, 20243 min read


Talkin’ to myself?!
Learning to escape the death spiral in your mind!

Kraig Smith
Oct 20, 20244 min read


Profiled!
"The unexamined life is not worth living" (Aristotle).

Kraig Smith
Oct 7, 20245 min read


A Monstrous Perspective
How I found gratitude for a "monster" in my past.

Kraig Smith
Sep 30, 20243 min read


Fired!
The day I promised my future teammates to be a supportive leader.

Kraig Smith
Sep 23, 20242 min read


Clash of the Principles
I went back to high school to learn these 7 transformative leadership values!

Kraig Smith
Sep 16, 20243 min read


Devil or fallen angel?
What a belligerent pre-teen taught me about leading people towards life.

Kraig Smith
Sep 8, 20242 min read


Jitney Jungle and Life-giving Correction
I discovered leadership lessons in the grocery store!

Kraig Smith
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Newspapers, broken arms, and leadership
My first job showed me the value of perseverance and networking.

Kraig Smith
Aug 26, 20243 min read


Leading From the Core
My wife and I recently took up dancing. Among the laughter, new moves, and great fun that we have, we've learned that...

Kraig Smith
Jul 7, 20242 min read


Life in the darkness
Odd title, but we've all been there. Looking down the road, we can see the dark patch, the place where the light is blocked out, the...

Kraig Smith
Jul 7, 20241 min read


Finishing Well
I tend to be a "fly by the seat of my pants" kind of guy. My personality is such that I like to live life loosely. What's happening...

Kraig Smith
Jul 7, 20242 min read


What is "legal" is not always "right"
In 2022, the Southern Baptist Convention initiated a report to investigate sexual abuse allegations among the Executive Committee. After...

Kraig Smith
Jul 7, 20241 min read
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