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Dan Kuss 6/11/26 Dan Kuss 6/11/26

IN THE ROOM #17 – Run Around Your Backhand

Dan Kuss 6/4/26 Dan Kuss 6/4/26

IN THE ROOM #16 – Everyone Nodded. Nobody Agreed.

Dan Kuss 5/28/26 Dan Kuss 5/28/26

IN THE ROOM #15–Busy versus Energised

Dan Kuss 5/21/26 Dan Kuss 5/21/26

IN THE ROOM #14–Too Busy for Team Development

Dan Kuss 5/15/26 Dan Kuss 5/15/26

IN THE ROOM #13–Silence Is Data

Dan Kuss 5/7/26 Dan Kuss 5/7/26

IN THE ROOM #12– Standards Create Safety

Dan Kuss 4/23/26 Dan Kuss 4/23/26

IN THE ROOM #11 – What I Enjoy vs What the Team Requires

Dan Kuss 4/17/26 Dan Kuss 4/17/26

IN THE ROOM #10 – Freedom Needs Guardrails

Dan Kuss 4/10/26 Dan Kuss 4/10/26

IN THE ROOM #9 – Say It to Them (no matter how difficult)

Dan Kuss 4/3/26 Dan Kuss 4/3/26

IN THE ROOM #8 – Email Is Not Alignment

Dan Kuss 3/27/26 Dan Kuss 3/27/26

IN THE ROOM #7 – Brilliant Doesn’t Mean Aligned

Dan Kuss 3/20/26 Dan Kuss 3/20/26

IN THE ROOM #6 – Accountability Is Defined

Dan Kuss 3/13/26 Dan Kuss 3/13/26

IN THE ROOM #5 – Alignment Beats Agreement

Dan Kuss 3/6/26 Dan Kuss 3/6/26

IN THE ROOM #4 – Assumption Is Expensive

Dan Kuss 2/27/26 Dan Kuss 2/27/26

IN THE ROOM #3 – Delegation Is a Leadership Skill

Dan Kuss 2/19/26 Dan Kuss 2/19/26

IN THE ROOM #2 – Clearing the Path

Dan Kuss 2/12/26 Dan Kuss 2/12/26

IN THE ROOM #1 – The Technical Trap (most managers miss this)

I see this often.

A strong technical performer gets promoted.
Nothing changes except the title…