The best way to prove you’re a competent leader? Admit when you’re wrong
Showing humility by honestly admitting our limitations and displaying a rightsize sense of who we are becomes more challenging as we move into higher or more visible positions.
Adam Grant on LinkedIn: Winter is coming. Here's my preview of the new books to warm it up—they | 127 comments
Winter is coming. Here's my preview of the new books to warm it up—they cover fear and courage, isolation and inclusion, tradition and transformation, ... 127 comments on LinkedIn
Why leadership isn’t a miracle cure for the COVID-19 crisis (and what can really help)
A psychiatrist who’s also a professor of organizational behavior observes that times of crisis usually evoke familiar images of generals or endurance athletes. Instead, he argues, “a public health crisis is not a war or a race.” Here’s what it will take.
As we progress in our careers our passion has a tendency to wane. We often forget why we started down the path in the first place. The young remind us why we started …
Five time-proven practices from the pioneering management thinker There aren’t a lot of business books from more than a half-century ago that have stood the test of time, but Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive, issued in a spiffy 50th Anniversary edition in 2017, is one of the select few. Back
6 Motivating and Empowering Poems About Leadership
Poems about leadership can inspire you and empower your followers. Here is a unique take about some famous poems that will help you think outside the box.
The Economy’s Last Best Hope: Superstar Middle Managers
Only a third of U.S. workers feel inspired at work, and a Gallup analysis suggests that’s hurting the economy. What if it all can be fixed by hiring better bosses?
In my career as an executive recruiter, I’ve learned through thousands of interviews in dozens of countries to pay attention to how the C-suite candidate interacts with the receptionist.