Managing yourself

Surprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on.

While fathers are increasingly recognizing the value of caring for, educating, and raising their kids, there are still imbalances that make working parenthood...

“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […]

The position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power.

Selling doesn’t have to be pushy.

Lessons from IDEO.

Your employees want it, and you should too.

The U.S. government can and should do more to support working parents. In fact, the nation is an outlier among Western industrialized countries for its...

I saw an interesting news item (in a traditional news source, the Financial Times) last week. The Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study...

I was moving as fast as I could and not getting anywhere, a feeling I’m well acquainted with. This time, though, it was deliberate: I was on a stationary Spin bicycle. When the towel draped over my handlebars fell to the ground, I tried to stop pedaling and get off. Tried being the operative word. […]

We're often reluctant to ask for help because of the social threats involved--uncertainty, risk of rejection, potential for diminished status, relinquishment...

We are all familiar with and horrified by the stories that came out of Guyana about the Reverend Jim Jones and the mass suicide that occurred at Jonestown. After the dust had settled, everyone wanted to know how so many people could have believed in one person so completely that they would commit suicide to […]

Set them - and your executives - up for success.

Tomorrow became a little distant from today in 2008. With the challenges facing businesses today–versus even six months ago–emerging leaders find little solace in the best practices that have worked so far. So what can help us cope with the challenges ahead? I have put together 10 mantras that might guide us ahead: 1. Listen […]

In 2005, Harry C. Stonecipher, CEO of Boeing and one of America’s most highly respected corporate leaders, was asked by the company’s Board of Directors to resign his post. The reason was Stonecipher’s affair with Debra Peabody, a Boeing vice president. There was no charge of sexual harassment and no indication that Stonecipher had given […]

Three reasons why you shouldn’t go back.

How you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come.

How to address the problem quickly.

It may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodus to social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and technology has enabled us to multi-task […]

To teach swimming, coaches take novices through the component skills in progressive stages. The first lesson takes place out of the water, at the side of the pool, where the novice learns the arm stroke and the leg stroke separately. Then the novice gets into the shallow end of the pool and practices the arm […]