"Would you be interested in acting in public office or politics?" they asked me at a lively dinner, while I gave my enthusiastic o...

Grading the importance of various initiatives in an environment of finite resources is a primary test of leadership. Derek Lidow " A Be...

Business practices evolve rapidly, but there’s one technique business leaders should always rely on to effectively motivate and lead: empath...

While you may need to keep some facts private during a transition, the general rule is that the more informed your people are, the more they...

When I sat down with the CEO and her executive team to think through their communication plan, I asked not about the change itself, but abou...

Jesus believed in his followers, not alone for what they were, but for what they had the possibilities to become. While others would have se...

Wise time management is really the wise management of ourselves. Spencer W. Kimball " Jesus, The Perfect Leader " January 15, 1977...

Jesus knew how to involve his disciples in the process of life. He gave them important and specific things to do for their development. Othe...

Jesus was a listening leader. Because he loved others with a perfect love, he listened without being condescending. A great leader listens n...

Jesus said several times, ‘Come, follow me.’ His was a program of ‘do what I do,’ rather than ‘do what I say.’ His innate brilliance would h...

CEOs love a good war metaphor — “battlegrounds,” “offensives,” “fighting for market share.” It sounds bold. Strategic. Even inspiring. But n...

A pilot once told us a story about an accident on an early morning flight in the 1950s. As the aircraft accelerated to take off, the captain...

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to ...

"Sixty-one percent of corporate strategists say poor strategy execution is the primary reason that new growth initiatives fail,” says M...

A recent Finnish study of 380 virtual work meetings showed that remote viewers reported feeling drowsy (and some nearly fell asleep) after j...

To avoid priority proliferation, managers can inject discipline into the prioritization process by making choices more explicitly and system...

So let's talk about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl ... Swift was there, of course. For a while things looked tough for the Chiefs, unt...

The strategy process defines where a business wants to go, and the people process defines who's going to get it there. The operating pla...

In November 2001 I was having lunch with the head of a consumer products company and his vice chairman. The company had been losing market s...

The culture of a company is the behavior of its leaders. Leaders get the behavior they exhibit and tolerate. You change the culture of a com...