Entries by Christopher Kolenda

Save $2000 – Don’t miss out!

Friday, September 15th is the day! It’s your last chance to register for Expert Consulting Mastery and save $2000. Are you ready? This program is for you if you: If some part of the process is not working for you, here’s my promise and guarantee: I’ll work with you until it does – at no […]

What Oppenheimer and Civil War artillery tell us about agency

Oppenheimer, the movie, was riveting, and I highly recommend it. J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist in charge of America’s Manhattan Project during World War Two, had qualms about creating the atomic bomb. It was a weapon of mass destruction that would incinerate tens of thousands instantly and condemn more to slow, agonizing deaths. The […]

The disasters in Afghanistan and Hawaii have something in common that you need to know

General Douglas MacArthur explained that nearly every military disaster can be summed up in two words: Too late.  As I write this, the Hawaiian wildfire’s confirmed death toll is 111 and may rise to over 1,000. Faulty, spark-emitting powerlines likely caused the blaze, in which strong winds fanned into an inferno that swept across the […]

Becoming a Better Consultant  – What You Need to Know

If you are a military veteran who wants to build a meaningful, joyful, and profitable consulting business, then I have something you might be interested in to take your career to the next level. You’ve already had a military career full of extraordinary experiences, superb exemplars, and exceptional education and training. You’ve coached, taught, and […]

Fixing Bad Breath Leadership

Bad leadership is like bad breath – everyone except you knows you’ve got it. I give a lot of leadership seminars. During the top takeaways discussions, someone invariably says, “This seminar was a reminder of things I learned about good leadership …”  The problem is that the person needs to practice better leadership. They know […]

What CEOs are getting wrong about office work

CEOs are struggling with their return-to-office policies. Employees “who are least engaged,” WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani told The Wall Street Journal, “are very comfortable working from home.” Cathy Merrill, the chief executive of Washingtonian Media, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post warning employees about the risks of not returning to the office. “The hardest […]