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Imagine a team meeting around a conference-room table. They are reviewing operations and making plans. Charts are reviewed, slides are projected, documents are handed out, and calculations are made.Now imagine that standing in the middle of the confe... More...

"Following the path of least resistance is what makes individuals and rivers crooked. Few people drift to success."There are about as many views and definitions of what encompasses "leadership" as there are experts in this field. There is one point t... More...

Chief Executives make seven classic complaints about their leadership team, according to BlessingWhite, a global consulting firm based in Princeton. The complaints are clear signs that the senior-management team is not functioning well, the firm sai... More...

Do you wish your boss would never get off the elevator in the morning? Or do you value your boss's input? A good boss coaches, counsels, promotes, and encourages superior performance. On the other hand, a bad boss does just the opposite. Yet it seems... More...

So what can a retired collegiate football coach who has not coached a game since the 1989 season teach us about leadership? Plenty, if you are Bo Schembechler, head coach at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989.His lessons are brought to life... More...

Have you noticed how much business formality has disappeared? Baby boomers remember when bosses were addressed by their titles; we're now on a first name basis with almost everyone. Behavior and attitudes are also more casual. Today's management a... More...

Coins, votes, and strange-looking birds are a few of the myriad methods leaders use to make decisions. Of course, some methods have proven more credible than others. Reaching back into history we find the account of Alexander the Great and his bird-o... More...

"Thinking about what you do, and why, is essential to any business. So someone who can challenge you to do it may be worth their weight in gold. At least that's what the clients of Ram Charan, a leading independent consultant, believe. "He forces you... More...

"Can't you just be a member of an organization without having to lead it? My family directs this inquiry to me periodically. From leading teams and managing a department in a Fortune 10 company, through chairing committees, sitting on boards, servin... More...

It usually starts out like this, "We really like this manager. He's destined right for the top, but he just needs to assert himself. Or, "I feel that I need to stand up for myself more. I am not certain if anyone is really listening. These are two ... More...

There's a cute scene between Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in the movie Something's Gotta Give. Keaton plays a successful playwright, while Nicholson is a tycoon with a lothario reputation who happens to be dating her daughter. Nicholson is force... More...

I recently read an interesting article at http://www.ultranovator.com/robotics/new-adaptive-robot/ about a self-correcting robot that can compensate for damage to itself. This is not too far a stretch from the kind of work I'm doing with self-awarene... More...

Curiosity. That's the first thing Lee Iacocca mentioned when asked by Charlie Rose to describe attributes leaders need. Iacocca, former CEO of Chrysler, has a 7C formula for describing leadership with C standing for attributes such as communications,... More...

Few would want to swap shoes with David Neeleman whose JetBlue Airlines was flying high until Valentines Day. Some passengers described the experience as a repeat of the historic massacre as they sat stranded for 8-plus hours on planes planted on the... More...

Early in my career, I was charged with conducting a management training course declared mandatory by the CEO. Several managers who had expressed no intention of attending found themselves consulting their strategy manuals on how to meet the minimal s... More...

Belle Linda Halpern is co-founder of The Ariel Group, and co-author of Leadership Presence. She brings the skills of a consultant, speaker, educator, and singer-actress to her work. Belle has developed and delivered leadership programs to executive... More...

Leaders project power through their leadership presence. You can define leadership presence as the presence of authority imbued with a reason to believe. What matters to us most is authenticity. That cannot be faked, but it can be amplified. ... More...

On this there is widespread consensus: The number one factor in productivity, morale, and retention is the relationship between employees and their immediate boss. So, what are employees looking for in a boss? Low performers are looking for a bos... More...

Chip Heath is a professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. For five years he has taught a class called “How to Make Idea... More...

"Soon after the completion of Disney World someone said, 'Isn't it too bad Walt Disney didn't live to see this'. I replied, 'He did see it — that's why it's here'." — Mike Vance, Creative Director, Walt Disney Studios Visioni... More...

In a small pub in the highlands of Scotland a group of fishermen gathered one afternoon to swap tales over a round of ale. One of them stretched his arms apart to show the big one that got away. At that very point, a waitress walked past carrying a t... More...

It is tough to be a middle manager. On the one hand, you are pulled by the centripetal force of senior management. This is the force that demands seamless and sometimes unquestioning execution of organizational strategy. It requires you to toe the ... More...

Excerpted from Maine Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Murray, Plumb & Murray Unless you live in an alternate universe - and maybe even if you do - you know someone who's crazy about the Harry Potter series. Maybe it'... More...

One morning at the airport, I overheard an employee talking about her new boss. "He s a nice guy," she said. "He makes me feel good about working here." Like many employees, this young woman is more influenced by her boss s "soft" skills than his ... More...

Is your organization striving to create better managers? Or are you striving to create better leaders? Are they one in the same? Before you answer these questions, consider this point: You manage things; you lead people. Most people crave to be le... More...

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