Christian Muntean

How to Make Decisive Decisions About Problem Employees

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….

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Why Effective Servant Leadership Is Not Soft

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,…

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Civil Discourse When the Goal Isn’t to Win, but to Lead

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”…

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You Can’t Scale What You Still Operate Move from Operator to Leader

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…

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The Icarus Effect The Real Reason Companies Crash After Breakthrough

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…

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Fear of Leadership - The Unspoken Message Your Business Sends To Every Customer

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…

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Leading Without Leading Why Leadership Hesitation Holds Smart People Back

Leading Without Leading: Why Leadership Hesitation Holds Smart People Back

I spent years of my life stuck in leadership hesitation—working hard and going nowhere fast. I was very concerned about…

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What to Do Before Disaster Strikes A Risk Mitigation Plan for Business Owners

What to Do Before Disaster Strikes: A Risk Mitigation Plan for Business Owners

Every year, a few of my clients experience some kind of life-altering event. Health issues, deaths, divorces, cyber attacks, conflicts,…

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When Principled Leadership Fails 7 Ways Values Can Become Excuses

When Principled Leadership Fails: 7 Ways Values Can Become Excuses

When Values Become Excuses: A Guide For Principled Leadership “Most of the evil in this world is done by people…

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4 Hidden Trauma Responses That Sabotage Business Growth

4 Hidden Trauma Responses That Sabotage Business Growth

Success guarding: Because my readers love hearing about my pain… If you’ve been following along, you know I had shoulder…

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