I was just at the close of a meeting with one of my employees when she looked me in the eyes and said, “I used to feel so scared and discouraged during these meetings, but now I love them.” As a new ...

Garry Ridge had already spent two years as CEO when he realised his biggest challenge was not the business, but himself. In 1999, while leading WD-40, Ridge enrolled in a master’s programme in ...

The promised power of command and control remains a deeply rooted myth that many leaders succumb to. On April 12, 1912, the Titanic set sail for its first full day at sea. Shortly after its departure, ...

In recent years, articles have claimed that old-style command-and-control leadership is “out” and a new way of leading is “in.” Instead of telling people what to do, leaders should ask them open-ended ...