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No More Golden Idols: Leadership ROI Starts Within
No More Golden Idols: Leadership ROI Starts Within
Create A clearing
Create A clearing
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When Everything Becomes Adaptive: Problem-Solving in Uncertain Times
Exercising Leadership When Preservation is Progress
Exercising Leadership When Preservation is Progress
A Retrospective on KONU’s Inaugural Adaptive Leadership Lab for Women-Identifying Change Agents
A Retrospective on KONU’s Inaugural Adaptive Leadership Lab for Women-Identifying Change Agents
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Leadership is Not About Being the Expert – It’s About Changing People’s Relationship to Their Challenges.
Effective Leadership Development is Risky
Effective Leadership Development is Risky
Effective Leadership Development is Experiential
Effective Leadership Development is Experiential
The Need to Rethink Leadership Development
The Need to Rethink Leadership Development
Is Change Challenging You - Or Are You Challenging Change?
Is Change Challenging You - Or Are You Challenging Change?
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Coaching, A Powerful Tool for Tackling Organizational Change
Reflections on 2022 from Emily Wyner
Reflections on 2022 from Emily Wyner
Orchestrating Conflicts
Orchestrating Conflicts
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The Evolution of Leadership Without Easy Answers with Professor Ronald Heifetz
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On The Balcony With Prime Minister Papandreou
Bridging Factions While Leading without Authority
Bridging Factions While Leading without Authority
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Leadership: It’s Not About Whether People Like You, It’s About How Much People Learn
The Adaptive Challenge of Managing Growth
The Adaptive Challenge of Managing Growth
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Leadership: It’s Not Your Role, It’s What You Do
Leadership on the Razor's Edge
Leadership on the Razor's Edge
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What Leadership Really Is
Leading From Within
Leading From Within
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What People Think Leadership Is vs What Leadership Actually Is
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Working with Authority: Overcoming the Binary between Admiration and Allergy
“On the Balcony” – A Place for Perspective, and KONU’s New Podcast!
“On the Balcony” – A Place for Perspective, and KONU’s New Podcast!
Shared Pain is Taboo
Shared Pain is Taboo
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The Power of Polarity Management
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"I was hired to bring hope and fix problems. But I soon realized I can’t do it all."
Conflicts, Tension, Heat: When are Conflicts Harmful - and When are They Helpful?
Conflicts, Tension, Heat: When are Conflicts Harmful - and When are They Helpful?
Workplace Conflicts - Curse or Blessing? Learn How to Become an Expert at Navigating Conflicts
Workplace Conflicts - Curse or Blessing? Learn How to Become an Expert at Navigating Conflicts

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG: THE LEADERSHIP LIFE

At KONU, we’re committed to growing and provoking leadership because we recognize that leadership isn’t just a job title or a political appointment. Leadership is an art, and like every art, it is the practice of a lifetime. Our team combines decades of leadership development experience with research-driven experiential learning methods to help individuals and groups successfully tackle complex challenges. And today, we’re adding another arrow to our teaching and learning quiver: the KONU blog.

This blog is a place to explore what it means to be a leader in every aspect of our lives, from the global stage to the local day-to-day. We’ve immersed ourselves in the study of psychology, sociology, and human development, taking inspiration from professors and practitioners like Ronald Heifetz, Robert Kegan, and Lisa Lahey, and we’re ready to share our discoveries and emerging questions with a wider audience.