Career coaching

Set them - and your executives - up for success.

Know when to offer a hand, and why you’re doing it

What leaders do while they are trying to get power is not necessarily what they do after they have it. In the case of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson, the difference reveals both his genius and his shortcomings.

How companies can help the people helping their customers.

Offering sympathy and solutions is unlikely to change their behavior.

Yes. There are good reasons to differentiate between how you treat people. If you do it right, you’ll see the results in improved organizational performance. by Lauren Keller Johnson

A comment made to a new professor 25 years ago is good advice for everyone now.

A reflection on passing along the lessons you've learned.

The most important thing is having the right kinds of conversations.

In the arts it is an accepted fact that a young person learns the trade best when studying with a master. In business, too, the importance of the mentor relationship for a young person’s development has been documented. What has not been clear is how prevalent that relationship is in business and whether it does […]

Advising CEOs sounds like a dream job, but doing so can be perplexing and perilous. At times, the questions you must ask yourself--about your own motivations...

Three ways to regain your sanity and still give 100% at work.

Help them focus on transferable skills instead.

It comes down to frontline workers.

Steve Lopez's magnificent story (a book and now a movie) about his friendship with Nathaniel Ayers - the homeless cellist stricken with schizophrenia...

China has transformed itself into a global economic power over the last 20 years, beating economists' forecasts for growth and giving multinationals a...

Boris Groysberg, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model. Many star performers hired from outside don’t perform as expected at their new company. So, develop stars within your company; for example, through strong training and mentoring programs.

by Lauren Keller Johnson

Would you like a better boss? A boss who helps you obtain valuable information, win needed resources, and secure important support for your group and for you personally — in short, a boss who’s a real ally and partner? If your boss provides these benefits, you’re lucky. We hear far more complaints than praise from […]

Virtually all of the young executives I work with want to be good managers and mentors. They just don’t have the time — or so they believe. “I could either make a sale, or I could take one of my guys out for lunch to talk about his career,” a financial services leader told me […]