by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jan 7, 2026
The Conversations Leaders Are Ready to Have Six days. That is how far we are from the Surrender to Lead Summit, and I keep coming back to where this all began. A few years ago, Joe Terry and I came up with the idea to write Surrender to Lead because we kept seeing the...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 31, 2025
My New Year’s Resolution Is to Answer a Bigger Call Last year, my New Year’s resolution was to raise the stakes. This year, something different is calling. As the world grows louder, faster, and more fragmented, leadership that relies on urgency and control starts to...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 24, 2025
2026 Is the Year of Playing Offense Playing offense in 2026 requires a shift in how leaders think about momentum. It shows up in the belief systems that shape daily behavior and in the way teams respond when conditions are uneven. When beliefs, behaviors, and...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 17, 2025
Drive Results – With or Without Committees My newsletter on culture committees stirred up more reaction than anything I have written in months. Not because people agree on the answer, but because they are wrestling with the same tension. Committees can be...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 10, 2025
My 2026 Predictions: Part Two Two weeks ago I shared the first half of my 2026 predictions and today I am releasing the remaining five. These complete the full list of nine predictions for 2026 and while the signals are visible to anyone willing to look, the...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 3, 2025
SHRM Is Forcing a Reckoning in HR The Business Insider “hit piece” last week reveals a lot… about the state of HR. What I saw was how uncomfortable people become when the people function stops acting like a cushion and starts acting like a strategic engine. One claim...
