Leadership

4 Things Your People Need to Win at Work
Leadership

4 Things Your People Need to Win at Work

Good leaders know that you’re only as strong as your team. Businesses thrive or fail based on your team’s ability to execute the organization’s mission and…
Andrea Williams
Just Enough Cook
Leadership

Just Enough Cook

Steve Jobs was a virtuoso. Using technology and design, he changed the way we think about computers, phones, music, and movies.
Jeremy Lott
A Culture of Rising to the Challenge
Leadership

A Culture of Rising to the Challenge

Building an internal culture that loves a challenge is not just a good thing for businesses to do. It is actually essential if that company is going to grow.
Pratik Dholakiya
4 Steps to Foster Creativity
Leadership

4 Steps to Foster Creativity

Creativity is not some remote and solitary island. Each day, from the studios of legendary visual effects outfit Industrial Light & Magic to the conference…
RiShawn Biddle
Thank God It’s… Thursday?
Leadership

Thank God It’s… Thursday?

The best and most creative thinking and problem-solving can only take place during uninterrupted periods of time. You know it and so do your colleagues.
RiShawn Biddle
The Magic of an Outside Perspective
Leadership

The Magic of an Outside Perspective

Personal growth comes from self-awareness, and the practice of journaling is a phenomenal way to start that process with regular reflection—as long as your…
johnmeese
Journaling for Self-Awareness
Leadership

Journaling for Self-Awareness

Charley Kempthorne has been keeping a journal for more than 50 years. Every morning before the sun is in the sky, the professor-turned-painter carefully types…
tashaeurich
Cornering the Paper Tiger
Leadership

Cornering the Paper Tiger

Studying the history of paper, as I did while writing the book Paper: Paging Through History, exposes a number of misconceptions.
markkurlansky
Moleskine Mania
Leadership

Moleskine Mania

If you ever attend Milan’s Design Week—a sweeping furniture fair, art festival, and Prosecco-soaked party that takes over Italy’s financial capital each…
davidsax
Look for the Good Apples
Leadership

Look for the Good Apples

When the conversation turned to his status as the first American to hold the much-coveted WBC World Heavyweight Championship belt in eight years, no one…
shawnmacomber
What Great Leadership Looks Like
Leadership

What Great Leadership Looks Like

Whenever I have the opportunity to speak in front of a group of leaders, I often ask them to recall the greatest leaders they’ve ever worked with.
danielharkavy
More is Caught than Taught
Leadership

More is Caught than Taught

Lieutenant Norman Dike froze in the face of fire. Dike led Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, during the wintery attack on the Nazi-occupied town of Foy,…
marcusbrotherton
Guarding Our Integrity
Leadership

Guarding Our Integrity

“I knew it was a fake check,” she said. “But if I didn’t come up with the money, we were going to lose our car.
jeremyjesenovec
When Nobody’s Looking
Leadership

When Nobody’s Looking

Julius Caesar Watts memorably said that “character”—meaning good character—is about “doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.
Jeremy Lott
Automation for the People
Leadership

Automation for the People

If you want to understand how hard it can be to automate, consider the many attempts to replace cashiers with self-checkout systems.
Jeremy Lott
End Your Fear of Power Sharing
Leadership

End Your Fear of Power Sharing

It started with my first day on the job. I’d just been named senior leader at a growing organization with a generously-sized staff.
Larry Wilson