Leadership development

A majority of managers just don’t understand what it means to be a leader. That’s a conclusion that I draw from a recent global survey by McKinsey and Company about what it takes to manage corporate performance. Only 48% of managers surveyed believed that they need to inspire and only 46% believed it was their […]

Advice from Susan Cain, author of Quiet.

It's emphasizing learning and creativity.

But if you’re young, gay, black, or a man, the odds are higher that you do.

Travel and living abroad have long been seen as good for the soul. What’s perhaps less well-known is that they’re also good for the company. People who have international experience or identify with more than one nationality are better problem solvers and display more creativity, our research suggests. What’s more, we found that people with […]

Today's leaders need to cultivate a range of approaches, rather than a fixed style.

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders. They are remarkably open to talented people from diverse backgrounds, and are highly skilled at giving […]

Three steps to take if you're not getting what you need.

Four ways to get out of your own way.

Orchestra conductors are surely overexploited by management thinkers to describe what effective leaders do in organizations. They attract and inspire talent, strive for excellence, discipline improvisation, foster innovation, set pace, build and resolve tension, and transform potential cacophony into melodious harmony—all with unique, personal style. Riccardo Muti, the temperamental Italian conductor currently heading the Chicago […]

One of the more vexing problems most managers face every day is how to get involved in the work of their people without doing the work themselves or micromanaging those doing it. You can resolve this challenge with the same approach that we described in our previous blog — the technique we call Prep-Do-Review. In […]

Kasriel grew up around computers and started writing programs when he was 12. In a way, he says, he was like one of today's typical Silicon Valley kids,...

The seven seismic shifts of perspective and responsibility

Only 31% of leaders have the right skills.

We respect leaders who don’t need co-pilots.

Executive sponsorship is by far the most effective intervention a company can make to retain and advance Black talent.

Three strategies.

Research found surprising benefits of turning your attention away from your job at the end of the workday.

Avatars are teaching social skills in simulations.

by Christina Bielaszka-DuVernay