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Choose!
How do we know when our actions no longer serve our values? Here are five indicators for checkingthe connection.

Kraig Smith
Oct 6, 20253 min read


Living with the man in the mirror
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and...

Kraig Smith
Sep 22, 20255 min read


Coffee, Redi-Whip, Macbeth, and Leadership
Great leadership, like great coffees, is built through substance, intentionality, and carefulness. To try otherwise is to create a "tale told by an idiot" (Macbeth).

Kraig Smith
Sep 8, 20254 min read


I'm Sexy and I Know It . . . (Jude 1:4, 8, 10)
Leadership focused on the sensual and instinctual encourages self-centeredness, not God-centeredness.

Kraig Smith
Jun 23, 20256 min read


Why do you do what you do? (Jude 1:4)
"Why do you do what you do?" Understanding the leader's motivation is key!

Kraig Smith
Jun 16, 20254 min read


Jude 1:3 (The Bone of Contention!)
These days, a sling of truth can still make Goliath fall (Tom Althouse) Bone of Contention? What is a "bone of contention"? Sounds...

Kraig Smith
Jun 9, 20254 min read


Are you the Farmboy or the Pirate?
Managing vs. Leading ... what's the difference?

Kraig Smith
May 5, 20253 min read


The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ... in the Rearview Mirror
Quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood. The commonest way in which we deceive either...

Kraig Smith
Mar 24, 20253 min read


No Man Is an Island
Recognizing the fingerprints of others on our lives!

Kraig Smith
Mar 17, 20253 min read


Unusual Attitudes and Leadership
A bad boss is like a disease of the soul (Chetan Bhagat). Unusual Attitudes Dad was a pilot. As a child and into my late teens, I flew...

Kraig Smith
Mar 10, 20253 min read


Looking back to get ahead
Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen (Louis L'Amour). Tales from the Wild West...

Kraig Smith
Feb 24, 20253 min read


Writing a Leadership Philosophy
One quick step to leading with intention!

Kraig Smith
Feb 10, 20253 min read


Are You Lonely Tonight?
Quick tips for building much-needed community!

Kraig Smith
Jan 27, 20254 min read


When the SHINE is gone!
Unrealistic expectations and inner peace

Kraig Smith
Jan 13, 20253 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


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

Kraig Smith
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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