A great many landing on my websites searching for “Frank Kanu’s Face”
To make it easier for them (no need to click About Frank Kanu or Biography anymore) here is my face:


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As long as managers do not see themselves also as entrepreneurs they will not develop their full potential.

Frank Kanu

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Trusting the team doesn’t mean giving up control. The issue for most managers isn’t whether to exert control, but how to do it.

Frank Kanu

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Actually, it is more than just a blog. It is the books I have published so far.
Enhance your Leadership Skills always has been a free e-book - and I sure keep it that way

Stop Telling… Start Leading!
The Art of Managing People by Asking Questions
on the other hand is in print and will stay in print for a long time to come.

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When there’s no plan, deadlines are missed, budgets are overextended, customers are unhappy, employees are angry and exhausted, and managers have to clean up the mess.

Frank Kanu

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I have never tried to really classify why I write.

As first, second and third grader I was writing short stories - in the beginning some 4-6 pages long. Later 10-15 pages. Now the notebooks we used where small and the writing of a kid is big, but still… And then came the big silence. What happened?

School.

Yes, teachers telling me that my writing is useless (and even worst). Mind you, Goethe has been told the same - but now he is the most read author in German schools. As a matter of fact, history is full of examples of some of the greatest who miserably failed in school.

Some years ago I learned that writing articles is an absolute must to increase your online profile. Now it’s blogging, but that is a different story… So I started writing again and boy, was that hard! Because deep in my mind where the voices from all those teachers who failed being good at what they were paid for.

I don’t think it comes as a surprise, that my wife and I home school, right?

Within the past two years—especially after publishing my book—being read and getting comments have become an important part. But what amazes me most is how many people are asking me to co-author a book with them.

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Frank started out in sales before he decided to study computer science and later economics. As former CEO of three European corporations, Frank has gathered, refined, and implemented his management strategy—a strategy that has met with success.

Over the past 15 years he has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to help managers improve success ratios and productivity levels. His client list includes IBM, Monster.com, AOL/TimeWarner, Akzo Nobel, Crown Holdings, Inc., Raab Karcher Gruppe, and eon.

An award-winning speaker who enjoys sharing his insights with business leaders, Frank has lectured frequently and written articles for publications in the United States and Europe.

Besides spending his time with his lovely wife Ada and his three beautiful children, Frank enjoys skydiving, cycling and watching sports. He and Ada also love to cook and delight in surprising friends and acquaintances with their culinary skills.



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In the late 70’s, early 80’s my dream was to become a professional bicycle racer. I had to overcome two road-blocks:
1. no talent
2. finding and following the the right trainer.

While there is nothing you can do about the missing talent - if you find the right trainer you can still make it. I spent many weeks to find all the books there were at that time, read them all and knew what you have to know about professional cycling.

But most importantly I found the right trainer: Louis (probably even misspelled his name). He trained many untalented guys; got some not only into the German championships but also had one become a champion. Quiet a few of the guys he trained became professionals—more and less successful. One of the more common injuries in cycling is a broken collarbone. When Louis broke his and he couldn’t train on the bicycle he ran the hospital stairs up and down for many hours every day; the two weeks they kept him in hospital… When I had my collarbone broken I barely made it ten minutes a day!

Anyway, I approached Louis and got him as trainer.

Sadly enough it took me only a few weeks to leave. Because Louis did what nobody ever had done to me before:
He kicked my butt! And it did hurt and I hated it!
Never forget the one two hour training we did; he got really mad with me when I left it after 300! minutes…

It took me many years to understand how valuable the lessons he did teach me are. And while he kicked butt of every cyclist on the team - he never got personal. He didn’t tell you f**ng idiot like so many others do. (And boy, could he curse!) Still, being barely 20 years young - I wasn’t ready for a trainer like him.

Needless to say - never had a great cycling career…

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