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Innovation in Leadership: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities for Growth

Leave a Comment / 2026, Blog Post, Cover / Rhoda Kreuzer

Efficiency in work alone does not lead to innovation; challenges and unexpected results often spark new ideas. Leaders must foster an environment that views obstacles as opportunities, encouraging innovation rather than resisting change. Balancing past practices, present realities, and future needs through reflection is essential for long-term success and adaptation.

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Not if, When

2023 / Rhoda Kreuzer

Most leaders work diligently to have operations go smoothly, projects stay on time and within budget, and to keep clients happy. Their priority is to ensure there are no mistakes

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Opportunities in Chaos

2023 / Rhoda Kreuzer

In the midst of chaos dwells opportunity. This may seem contradictory as we typically seek stability, known processes, and security when there is turmoil. However, relying on what is

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Counterfeit Leadership

2022 / Rhoda Kreuzer

Many leaders feel their success is determined by sales revenues, how few problems they experience, or how popular they are. These things are not bad, but they do not define

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Winning Leadership Priorities

2022, Blog Post / Rhoda Kreuzer

There are many priorities that leaders can choose. Profitability, efficiency, and notoriety to name a few. These priorities are fine in proper perspective, but they are not the keys to

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The Risk of Growth

2022 / Rhoda Kreuzer

Fear. Leaders hear lots of things that produce fear. We hear about possibilities of recession, public health crisis, challenges with the labor market, budget woes, supply chain issues, and more.

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Questions Illuminate the Workplace

2022, Blog Post / Rhoda Kreuzer

Questions illuminate; providing greater and deeper understanding. They shift our understanding and comprehension of meaning and intent. Questions are the means by which we draw from very different perspectives and

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Forging a New Path

2022 / Rhoda Kreuzer

People are torn between wanting to leave the past behind and holding onto it for security. We do not want to repeat the mistakes, but we love the predictability

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The Lone Ranger Myth

2022 / Rhoda Kreuzer

There used to be a television show called “The Lone Ranger”. In this show, there was a masked man who would sweep into town and save the day. The interesting

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Challenging Growth

2022 / Rhoda Kreuzer

Life and the workplace have at least one thing in common. That commonality are challenges that come our way. Most leaders try to avoid challenges and changes because that can

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