An organization can execute only if the leader's heart and soul are immersed in the company. Leading is more than thinking big, or schmo...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. This is an error of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer Un...

“I got this…” You can handle this. It’s not going to kill you. Your life isn’t over. You’ve got plenty more left in the tank. Plenty. “I got...

Darren Ross is the COO of Magic Castle Hotel in Hollywood . Built in 1957, Magic Castle isn't exactly the modern, amenity-filled experi...

Contrary to what many consulting firms would like for you to believe (and pay for), change practitioners don’t need any special certificatio...

What I learned through it is that we are not on this earth to accumulate victories, or trophies, or experiences, or even to avoid failures, ...

Monty Williams is a man of many sayings. Some of them, like, “Well done is better than well said,” have made it onto hats. Others sneak int...

For fourteen years, my father conducted one of the country’s leading amateur Bach choirs in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For a few of those year...

Reading is an honor and a gift from a warrior or historian who – a decade or a thousand decades ago – set aside time to write. He distilled ...

Move and the way will open. – ZEN PROVERB At the start of many important endeavors, you’ll often think: How can I do this? I don’t even know...

Rilke , in his Letters to a Young Poet , put it this way: “Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple...

You can become an expert in just about anything if you read enough books on the subject. If you don't believe me, ask Elon Musk . Whenev...

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. … All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it pat...

[W]hen leaders assume their answer is the answer, they tend to approach change as they would a political campaign — heavy on slogans and foc...

Gareth Tennant argues that in recent years companies have become overenamoured with predictive analytics, trying to make precise forecasts ...

1. Hire for traits and behaviors:  Usually, hiring managers look at experience and education when choosing new applicants. But, once on the ...

My most surprising discovery: the overwhelming importance in business of an unforeseen force that we might call “the institutional imperat...

Awakened leadership is reflective. When you reflect on things, you consider them from multiple angles, and think deeper about them than a s...

Skills and experience might land you a leadership position with a large business organization, but they don’t make you a true leader. ...

According to a Boston Consulting Group survey... "improving leadership development" and "managing talent" are top prior...