by Dale Kreienkamp | Mar 19, 2023 | Blog, Leadership
Joseph Ossai stood in the locker room following his team’s (Cincinnati Bengals) last minute loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. There was pain on his face as he looked at the large gathering of reporters who wanted to talk with him. Unfortunately for him, his last minute...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, Leadership
I wasn’t certain what to expect when I walked into the room with my department director, Bob. I didn’t really know him as I’d only been on the job a few weeks as a recruiter, fresh out of college. We were meeting Greg and Shirley, who were leaders of a division...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Leadership
I had just received some unexpected and very difficult news regarding my career and wanted to talk with him. He’d been my mentor and the person I reported to for a number of years. He must have anticipated my call because when I said I needed to talk, he immediately...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Feb 27, 2023 | Blog, Leadership, Personal & Career Development
I don’t recall the speaker’s name, but his story and the lesson has been etched in my brain for years. He was a consultant, speaking about a client who owned a business with multiple locations. One location lagged behind the others by an ever-growing margin, so the...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog, Leadership
That’s the title of the Beatles 1967 hit. I agree, and think it applies to leadership too. As a leader, do you love your staff? All the time or just when they do things “your way” or don’t make mistakes? Great leaders must love their staff in a self-sacrificing way....
by Dale Kreienkamp | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog, Leadership, Personal & Career Development
We had an organization wide problem to be solved. No one could solve it on their own, so we brought together a select group of leaders from each group and asked them to collaborate in developing creative solutions. What a great idea. We knew the group collectively had...
