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Do you ever feel lethargic and lost at work? Do you ever feel vulnerable and powerless, like a tiny cog in a huge machine? Do you [...]

Most people are reluctant to address problems they are having with an employee, co-worker or even their boss. Yet, pretending everything is fine certainly won’t improve [...]

In an interview, comedian Joan Rivers was asked how she stayed so thin and trim and the interviewer said, “Do you do a lot of exercising?” [...]

“Great moments are born from great opportunities,” said the late Herb Brooks, one of the world’s most famous hockey coaches. Brooks certainly seized opportunity during his [...]

It’s mind boggling, to say the least. If you took all the accumulated knowledge in the history of the world and put it into a pile, [...]

There is tremendous opportunity and satisfaction as a leader in developing others.  By effectively developing the people around us, we elicit excellence in a number of [...]

Very likely the result of my military background, I confess to being very demanding of the leadership structure within a business or organization. Part of this [...]

Have you ever been asked to resign from a position? Usually by the time an employee or worker is asked to tender a resignation it means [...]

One Leader’s Perspective In last month’s article entitled “Where Have All the Leaders Gone”, I discussed whether we really have a modern scarcity of leadership. My [...]

Books on leadership now abound in bookstores and in our popular consciousness. Anyone who begins a serious study into this subject will soon come across familiar [...]

Occasionally a book comes along that is short, a pleasure to read and truly helpful. If You Haven’t Got the Time to Do It Right, When Will You [...]

For management writer Peter Drucker, leadership is having followers who “do the right thing”. For political historian James MacGregor Burns, leadership is a “calling”. For US [...]

Our colleges and universities administer an “anti-leadership vaccine,” according to John Gardner (Greenleaf, 1969).  Robert Greenleaf, the father of servant leadership, agrees and adds that we have [...]

Homer Hickam probably isn’t a name very many will recognize, but early in his life he knew what he loved and wanted for a career. He [...]

Author Dr. Blaine Lee is an associate of Stephen R. Covey and vice president of Franklin Covey Company. If you appreciate Dr. Covey’s books including Principle-Centered Leadership or The [...]

As we enter the 21st century there is a growing awareness of the importance and need for leadership. A wide recognition of the critical need for [...]

America’s businesses are comprised of diverse individuals. However, these employees share most of the same basic cultural and societal influences. These influences strongly determine the qualities [...]