Thought Leaders

Our Thought Leaders page is the opportunity to share with you the thoughts and writings of our friends, clients and strategic partners. In addition, we are eager to feature publications that will add value to your organizations and/or your professional development. If you have recently written a book or article that you would like to share, please send it to us!



Featured Thought Leader


On the Level - by Patricia McLaga & Peter Krembs

Peter Krembs has over 30 years of experience as a consultant to major U.S. and International Corporations in leadership development and change leadership. Peter specializes in the unique issues found in professional and expert-based cultures, including science, technology, financial services and health care. Current clients include: Applied Materials, The Atlantic Health System, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis/St. Paul, The Mayo Clinic, General Mills, Proctor and Gamble, St. Jude Medical, Standard and Poor’s, Teradyne, US Bank and Wellington Management. He also has extensive experience with professional service firms, including PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the US and UK, and RSM McGladrey. Peter was a faculty member of the GE “Technical Manager Course” in the US, Europe, India and Asia for almost 20 years. Peter also provides facilitation services for leadership groups to do strategic planning and organization change.

Peter has written many essays on leadership, including The Performance Equation, An Orientation to Leadership Work, as well as “Leadership Challenges in Technical and Professional Organizations,” a chapter that appears in the book, Leadership in a New Era, edited by John Renesch. He is the co-author of On-The-Level, Performance Communication that Works.

Peter is a Fellow, University of Minnesota Executive Education, in the Carlson School of Management, and is also on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies based in San Francisco. As a faculty member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Peter co-chairs the “Working with Groups, Small Systems and Teams” program. Peter’s graduate work is in Industrial Psychology from the University of Minnesota and has completed advanced training at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland’s Organization and Systems Development Program.

Contact Peter Krembs at 612/872-6419
1606 West 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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MOTIVATE TO ACTION - by Gary B. Cohen, Executive Coach

How do I generate a sense of urgency?
When the Spanish conqueror, Cortez, ordered his crew to fight the Aztecs in Mexico, he met resistance. After all, his crew was grossly outnumbered. What was the incentive?



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The Anti-Control Freaks

The women who transformed Best Buy's corporate culture now want to bring their revolution to your company.

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The Innovator's Prescription, Author - Clayton Christensen & Jason Hwang

While other industries take as their focus such shallow concerns as the making of money, the health care profession prides itself on dealing with matters of life and death. But that’s not the only thing distinguishing health care from other industries: it is also unique in the extent to which it excludes consumers from important decisions. Employers predetermine which health plans are available to you; insurers select what network of physicians you can see. Bring your own health research to the doctor’s office, and you might be labeled a nuisance patient. Question your doctor’s recommendations, and you could be called noncompliant or difficult.

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Who: The A Method of Hiring, Author - Jeff Smart & Randy Sweet

In business, you are who you hire. In Who, Smart and Street offer a ground-breaking solution to your #1 problem – hiring mistakes.


Discover:

A simple 4-step method for hiring the right people with a 90% success rate.

How to save $1.5M by avoiding a single hiring mistake.

Advice given in an unprecedented number of exclusive interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 60 CEOs, investors, and other thought leaders.

The secrets of success for over 300 CEOs who participated in a University of Chicago study.

Enjoy Your Career More. Make More Money. Have More Time

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Drive, Author - Dan Pink

Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work.

His latest is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which uses 40 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance. Early reviews say that "Pink's analysis–and new model–of motivation offers tremendous insight into our deepest nature" (Publishers Weekly) and call the book "important reading . . . an integral addition to a growing body of literature calling for a radical shift in how businesses operate" (Kirkus).

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Tribes, Author - Seth Godin


Seth's latest book, Tribes, is a nationwide bestseller, appearing on the Amazon, New York Times, BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. It's about the most powerful form of marketing--leadership--and how anyone can now become a leader, creating movements that matter. The Miami Herald listed it among the best business books of 2008.

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STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, authors - Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

Three keys to being a more effective leader.

In Strengths Based Leadership, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath and renowned leadership consultant Barry Conchie reveal the results of this research. Based on their discoveries, the book identifies three keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and investing in others' strengths, getting people with the right strengths on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership.

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