Congruent Change

Born or Made?

by | Apr 18, 2025 | blog post, Problem Solving Leadership

In the 1840s Thomas Carlyle gave a series of lectures that were later published as a book. His premise was that leaders are born with innate and unteachable traits. Leadership is the purview of a few very special people. Carlyle’s 19th century theory lives on, in...

Don’t Just Do Something …

by | Jan 28, 2025 | Problem Solving Leadership

The First Rule of Problem Solving Odd as it seems, not all problems have to be solved. Action may actually create a problem that didn’t exist in the first place. The problem-solving starting point should be “Don’t just do something, stand...