Articles on Leadership

Kristina walked into my office and took a seat. “So, tell me,” I said, “what excites you about this role?” “I feel I’m very qualified for this job,” she...

“Give me a minute, let me check my Twitter feed.” “Oh, one second, I got a new e-mail.” “Hey, check out this new social network!” Focus seems to have...

The most likely starting point to build a profitable network is to analyze your current network and figure out who you already know. If you have networked...

We all revere innovation. It is the mystical driver of progress, the secret sauce, the touchstone we reach for whenever our backs are against the...

“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”  That admonition from childhood might still ring in your ears. You learned that if you wanted to...

One idea that is starting to become very clear in the minds of many of the senior business leaders with whom I work is simply this – the most sustainable...

A few times a week, I get requests for advice on negotiating a job offer. They usually start like this: I’m in the recruiting process, and I just...

Despite being famously grammar-challenged, Master Yoda has a thing or two to teach us about being a powerful presenter. No, it’s not sharing...

In recent years Stanford University's BioDesign program has sent teams of engineering, business, and medical students into hospitals, hoping to identify medical...

Have you ever seen one of Frank Gehry’s buildings? They catch your eyes with their unusual contours and their unique materials. Gehry has been dubbed by...

The room got quiet. It was 4:49PM on Sunday, August 5th, and Usain Bolt was about to compete the 100m Final. The starting gun fired, and I couldn’t...

Who’s been a positive influence in your life? What are the qualities and characteristics you would use to describe that person? What kind of impact...