We all make a series of decisions every day, some of passing importance—‘Should I really order an extra shot of espresso in this morning’s latte?’—and others of much greater significance: ‘Do I go for my MBA right after graduating or get a few years’ of work experience under my belt first?’ Those in leadership positions […]
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Run a simple Google search on the traits of a successful leader and a plethora of resources quickly fills the page—the ‘Top 10 Qualities That Make a Great Leader,’ the five essential traits that a smart leader embraces, the titles that every savvy leader must read—there is no shortage of advice. But as a recent
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The Power of Trust Trust—a quality prized in friendship and business relationships, yet all too often MIA in today’s corporate environment. Indeed, according to a four-year study on trust and its relation to leadership and collaboration by Interaction Associates, the level of trust people feel in the workplace fell off a cliff in 2009 and
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Turn on the news in any given week and you’re bound to hear one report or another about the changing socio-economic face of American society. Changes range from shifts in workplace gender equity to the racial makeup of the population. Among the recent headlines: 10 states thus far have legalized same-sex marriage and another 12
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It’s graduation time around the country and, as everyone knows, an integral part of this rite of passage involves listening to commencement speeches filled with advice on living one’s best life and putting all of that recently acquired knowledge to good use. Although directed toward individuals at the outset of their careers, these guiding
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Let’s face it, people love lists. A quick scan of the current literature reveals a constellation of topics served up in easily digestible segments. Harvard Business Review’s blog offers guidance on cultivating a healthy corporate culture in just six steps. CEO.com serves up eight techniques you can employ when innovation seems impossible. And columnist Jeff
There’s something of a debate raging in the management world these days, sparked in large part by the publication of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new bestseller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In this book, Sandberg takes a hard look at why women remain underrepresented in leadership roles and offers advice on
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Women entrepreneurs are coming into their own, there’s no denying it. According to a recent FOX Business report, nearly half of all new businesses in this country are launched by women.Unfortunately, a second statistic follows hard on the heels of this encouraging news—businesses launched by men are three-and-a-half times more likely to reach $1 million in annual
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Reading through contemporary leadership materials, one can easily begin to feel as though the key to success as a leader is little more than a numbers game. The literature is rife with examples of the “One leadership quality you can’t be without” or the “ten communication secrets that great leaders possess.” Yet anyone who has
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More often than not, it seems that the current attitude for interpersonal interaction in the workplace is ‘arm’s length, please.’ The acceptable middle ground for exchange requires striking a delicate balance between the cloying enthusiasm evinced by helicopter managers and the tentative overtures of friendship offered by co-workers seeking to avoid any behavior that might
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