Notre Dame University football coach Charlie Weis met in September with a very sick 10-year-old named Montana Mazurkiewicz. Weis asked the boy if he could do anything...
K’ang-hsi, who ruled China from 1661 to 1722, was a formidable leader
who held direct authority over courts, infrastructure, military defense
and nearly...
In his latest book, Why Decisions Fail,
scholar Paul C. Nutt analyzes 15 disastrous courses of action, from
Ford’s defense of the flammable Pinto to...
Issue: If an employee believes a boss's order is illegal, she can refuse to do it. And you can't punish her for that defiance. Risk: You could run afoul of ...
Bobby Jindal has a leader’s credentials. At 20, he graduated from Brown
University. At 24, he headed Louisiana’s health department. Now, at 33,
he’s...
Issue: Safety-conscious companies look beyond the bottom line. Benefit: In addition to reducing costs and boosting morale, safety can be promoted as a recruiting tool...
Most leaders think they need to flaunt some grand vision to win over
employees, but it ain’t necessarily so, says Tom Davenport, author of Human Capital.
People are afraid to become leaders because the role demands visibility and vulnerability. Even people already in leadership
positions often shirk the essential part of...
Mackay Envelope Co. CEO Harvey Mackay built his empire by negotiating
strategic deals … with paper makers, printers, suppliers. Nearly
everything he built...
Coming to light after decades in the making, Bill Swanson’s flashes of
executive wisdom—compiled first on scraps of paper, then in PowerPoint
and finally...
A new court ruling gives you more reason to consider a "no-dating" rule among your employees or a "no-dating subordinates" rule for your supervisors. At the very least,...
Issue: Many states require organizations to allow public access to their restrooms. Risk: You, like many employers, may be unaware of this code. One complaint can...
When you think of your people as winners and treat them that way, they are more apt to rise to those expectations and be competent, productive and self-starting. Are...
All work and no play can make Jack (or Jill) a disgruntled employee or client. So, you may decide to treat some of your top customers or valued employees to an outing as...
Sometimes, a leader’s duty is simply to ensure the institution’s
survival. In the case of Queen Elizabeth II, her duty is to preserve
the British monarchy,...
If you like to understand your own world through a parallel universe, the new management book Kingdomality divides
the leaders of a mythical medieval kingdom into four...
