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The Mind of the Leader - Jacqueline Carter
The world is facing a global leadership crisis. Seventy-seven percent of leaders think they do a good job of engaging their people, yet 88 percent of employees say their leaders don't engage enough. There is also a...
Collaboration - Morten Hansen
In Collaboration, author Morten Hansen takes aim at what many leaders inherently know: in today's competitive environment, companywide collaboration is imperative for successful strategy execution, yet the...
Execution - Ram Charan
The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job  Larry Bossidy is one of the world’s most acclaimed CEOs, a man...
Talent Wins - Ram Charan
Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. Â Typical talent-planning and HR processes are...
Whitney Johnson
Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (Thinkers50), Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption; specifically, a framework which she codifies in the...
Jacqueline Carter
As an International Partner and the North American Director for Potential Project, Jacqueline Carter helps leaders and organizations enhance performance, resilience, and creativity through understanding and training the...
Alan Mulally
Alan Mulally served as president and chief executive officer of The Ford Motor Company and as a member of Ford's board of directors from September 2006 – June 2014. Mulally led Ford's transformation into...
The Power of Women and Girls
Why are there still so many barriers to women gaining leadership positions, particularly on Boards or at the c-suite level? We need to begin redefining leadership and executive roles. As they exist now, they are very...
Are You Holding Yourself Back?
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times from the women I work with. “I’m my own worst enemy.†As women leaders, we sometimes spend an inordinate amount of time ruminating about the things we can’t...
Don't Fall into the 24-Hour Trap
I hear this refrain all the time: There aren’t enough hours in the day to get to everything I want to do. You put in a long day at work, but that means you don’t make it home for dinner. Or maybe you make it home for...
Interview with Natali Altshuler
Tell us about Electronic Arts. EA is a global leader in interactive entertainment software. We make video games! We deliver games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile...
4 Ways to Lead with Authenticity in Uncertain Times
There is something that all great leaders do. There is something that all great leaders do that we can all learn from. Many of the best leaders (in business, community, politics and entertainment) study leadership...
Volume 18
It was the year of the Blackberry vs. the iPhone upstart. Michael Jackson turned 50. The stock market crashed and Barack Obama was elected President. A lot can change over a decade. Some 70 conferences, 200+ speakers...
The Truth & Lies Behind Reading Body Language of Deceit
Some people feel they are “a natural†at reading other people’s body language. They have “the gift.†It’s an instinct. You may be one of them. And so sometimes you just know when someone is lying to you. Family, friends...
Being Busy is Not an Accomplishment! Rethink Your Work to Achieve Your Goals
If you’re like most people, you believe you’re being productive when you create output, are busy, or reach a goal. But what if those outputs aren’t valuable? Pursuing the wrong metrics will make you unproductive! Here...
Ten Ways to Speed up Your Gender Equality Efforts
In 2017, the World Economic Forum predicted we’d be closing the economic gender gap in 217 years—37 years longer than the estimate they provided in the year prior. It wasn’t, unfortunately, that surprising; in many key...
Women in STEM: Transforming the Tech Industry
For those of us in the technology world we know that growth often follows disruption, and that disruption leads to a need for transformation. For most of my professional life, I have been focused on transforming...
Diversity's Missing Ingredient
When it comes to tapping into the competitive advantage of diversity, few companies succeed. Recently, I was reminded why. Our firm was having a meeting to discuss important elements of our strategy and marketing...
The Importance of Company Culture
With so much of our lives spent at work, it’s no wonder that creating a company culture that excites and stimulates employees is fundamental to attracting and retaining the best talent and building your brand’s...