Which quality do you need to possess if you want to lead effectively? You are probably thinking it’s something like confidence. Or maybe vision. Or emotional intelligence...

As a CEO, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to recruit and retain talent and how to create a work environment that maximizes productivity. New America is...

About a year ago I got a Kickstarter campaign and in less than three hours we hit our goal, and we sold out everything in about three days, so it was an overnight success! But...

Here are the key takeaways from each speaker at The Art of Leadership for Women in Toronto and their visual summaries drawn by Carolyn Ellis. 

Many people think so. Several organizations are leading the way for female development programs because of a perceived need to bring women along a different...

My dad taught me my word was “bond.” When you’re a great salesman and you’ve got a lot of charisma, you’re very close to “Bulls***-McGee.”...

I think generally people in kind of management science, they call them leadership thinkers, are moving away from the idea of management because it sort of...

One of the most challenging interviews for me to ever get I actually lost in the same day, because of this thing that is commonly referred to as “work-life balance”… 

One of the most important things that I’ve realized about habits is that so often people are looking for that magical one-size-fits-all solution – “if I could only figure out the...

We can talk about strategies like great employment brand and bias free recruiting and having strong retention policies, but for me, the biggest impact that...

I had a new book come out on February 29th. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More and Change the Way You Lead Forever is elegant, compact and is already getting lots...

An oft-quoted statement from acclaimed management consultant Peter Drucker asserts that "culture eats strategy for breakfast." Yet even today, many companies pay more attention to their...

I think that every time we are present in a stressful moment, people respond to us in a different way. They respond to us as someone who is confident and...

"So...tell me what you are NOT good at? What do you need to do better?" The trick question in the interview. Does everyone lie? I certainly used to lie when...

We forget that we are the heroes in our own lives and that we are the main character in our stories. Your name is the one above the title and yet, why is it that so often we...