Give some thought to all the people who have achieved something great, only to quickly fade into obscurity. I’m sure you can think of a few,...

Margaret Atwood , the prolific author of eighteen books of poetry, eighteen novels, eleven books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fi...

Major Dick Winters is an extraordinary human being. Very self-effacing and very professional in a soldierly manner. When I met him I had sh...

Your success as a leader depends on being free of self-betrayal. Only then do you invite others to be free of self-betrayal themselves. Only...

Those who truly lead are able to create a following of people who act not because they were swayed, but because they were inspired. For thos...

The best leaders understand the power of words. They can motivate, inspire, and capture the hearts of people. In the Welder Leader Program, ...

Rapidly increasing rates of change and growing complexity has made navigating ambiguity essential in leadership. We've begun to see d...

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams " 50 Insp...

Some years ago, we worked with a director of a multinational pharma company who’d been receiving poor grades for engagement and leadershi...

Inspiring people is my job. I recognize I need to do this on multiple levels all the time. On an individual level, I try to enter most co...

Transformational leaders exhibit four characteristics in their interactions with employees; idealized influence, inspirational motivation...

Bono (No. 14, World’s Greatest Leaders) finds a potential ally in the crowd. It’s young Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President Ge...

Malala [Yousafzai] might have a voice on the world stage, but she doesn’t pretend she’s the world’s greatest authority on education. She un...

When I think of crisis I think of the story of Louie Zamperini as told by Laura Hillenbrand in her book, Unbroken . While on a rescue ...

John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, VES Awards. 2/28/2010 Here are some of the principles we’ve developed over the years to enable and protect...

Most of us know this instinctively, but in the heat of the moment, it's easy to forget how powerful an insight it can be. In an exper...

At the end of a recent podcast interview, the host asked me, “What’s the best advice you ever got?” Before I tell you what I said allow m...

Companies manage complexity first by planning and budgeting-setting targets or goals for the future (typically for the next month or year...

Although it is critical for the change leadership team to communicate with one voice, it is even more important that the change leaders w...

"Don’t ask what the world needs," the great civil rights leader Howard Thurman once said. "Ask yourself what makes you com...