Christian Muntean
Succession Planning: Why 70% Fail and What to Do Differently
Succession plannng isn’t a risk to manage. It is a strategy for the future. Seventy percent of business successions fail….
Why Your Big, Fat Vision Might Be Killing Your Business (for Visionary Leaders)
Visionary leaders often need to slow down to build well. I hired a coach to say “no” to my ideas….
Why Avoiding Conflict Is a Leadership Failure
What if I told you that this quarter, you could reduce overhead by 20%? Interested? What if that reduction also…
The CEO’s Greatest Threat: CEO Self-Deception (Not the Market)
CEO self-deception is the most dangerous variable in any tenure. The biggest threat to a CEO’s success isn’t the market,…
How to Make Decisive Decisions About Problem Employees
Problem employees quietly drain focus, money, and momentum—address them early. Some weeks have themes. This week it’s million dollar employees….
Why Effective Servant Leadership Is Not Soft
Servant leadership is often misunderstood. Especially by people who talk the most about it. It’s frequently described in such fluffy,…
Civil Discourse: When the Goal Isn’t to Win, but to Lead
Civil discourse is how leaders trade “winning” for real influence. In college, I loved debate. I enjoyed the intellectual “game”…
You Can’t Scale What You Still Operate: Move from Operator to Leader
Operator to leader is the shift that unlocks scale. Twenty years ago, I was the executive director of a nonprofit…
The Icarus Effect: The Real Reason Companies Crash After Breakthrough
Back in the bad old days of Ancient Greece, the craftsman Daedelus and his son Icarus were imprisoned by King…
The Unspoken Message Your Business Sends To Every Customer
Long before you ever meet the owner or executive of a business, you’ve already met their mindset. The feel of…