As companies move to the “Talent Cloud,” the future of teamwork will be challenged. Conference calls fail. Consider a recent study by Intercall, which revealed what people are doing while on conference calls. Yikes! This segues nicely into the obligatory “some of the stranger places respondents admitted to being ...

Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

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At elite colleges, faculty members have been noticing a problem. Many students, while impressive on paper, seem to be unable to cope with simple struggles—getting assigned to a dorm room they’re not thrilled with, scoring less than an A-minus on a midterm, or not making the cut on school teams. The lack of resilience has become so apparent that Smith College now offers an entire course on how to fail. (One uncomfortable class project: having your worst failures projected onto a large screen in the campus hub. Ouch.)

A few years ago I read an article by Adam Bryant, the “Corner Office” Columnist for the New York Times, that led with this provocative question: “What if you had to write a ‘User Manual’ about your leadership style?” Bryant describes how transparency about our work style – our preferences, values,

Anny Divya, born in India, beat the odds to become the youngest female commander of a Boeing 777. She holds her position with Air India.

I took the helm of PepsiCo in 2006 and I feel so privileged and humbled for the role I’ve had the chance to play. I’ve faced many challenges over the years – as we all do – but with inspiration from family, friends, colleagues and other sources of wisdom, I’ve learned many lessons along the way.

Every new business model was a new mental model.

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Marshall Goldsmith is consistently named to Forbes' The World's Most Influential Business Thinkers list and has been recognized as the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in

Deepa Purushothaman, principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP, explains why it’s important to understand how you’re perceived.

When work becomes a “masculinity contest,” hitting on women is just another way to keep score.

I was at dinner with some of the top sustainability executives in America. We were sipping wine, passing the appetizers, and telling stories about the day we had just shared.

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You are not as funny as you should be, and your company is suffering because of it.

Xisco Gràcia experienced a diver's worst nightmare after finding himself without oxygen in an underwater cave beneath Mallorca.

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