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Leadership December 11, 2018

When Life Throws You a Curveball

With the holiday season upon us and the New Year just around the corner, especially driven people are in introspection mode as we analyze the year that was and…

Andrew Lott

Leadership December 4, 2018

The Peter Principle and How to Avoid It

“In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” Laurence J. Peter wrote those words as satire in 1968.

Andrea Ruth

Leadership December 4, 2018

The Science of Record-Breaking

May 6, 1954 was a cold and windy day in Oxford, England. It was far from ideal conditions for a race, but it was also the day Roger Banister broke a record.

Erin Wildermuth

Leadership December 4, 2018

Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect

Apple made a great leap forward in communications and mobile computing in 2007 when it launched the iPhone.

RiShawn Biddle

Leadership November 27, 2018

3 Leaders Reveal Their Hardest Conversations

Building a successful organization requires interpersonal skills as much as knowledge of finance or marketing strategies.

Andrea Williams

Leadership November 27, 2018

Deliver Tough News the Right Way

Former BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward could have immediately and swiftly announced that the explosion of the British oil giant’s rig, Deepwater Horizon, had…

RiShawn Biddle

Leadership November 20, 2018

A Thanksgiving State of Mind

Thanksgiving did not become an official national holiday until 1941, but it had roots that extended back to the founding of the first American colonies.