At the moment, confidence in leadership is at an all time low, according to the 2024 Leadership Confidence Index. It’s natural to assume the cause is born of an individual failure—the leader lacks ...

What are the key qualities that distinguish a good leader from a bad one? A poor leader typically lacks key qualities like effective communication, emotional intelligence, integrity and the ability to ...

Picture this: Sarah was brilliant at leading her scrappy startup team through those thrilling early days. Quick decisions, sleeves rolled up, everyone around the kitchen table solving problems ...

Leadership, both an art and a science, is rarely perfect in practice. When leadership goes wrong, we can also learn lessons from negative situations. As Adam Grant said in his “America Is Learning The ...

A century of research on the psychology of leadership has discovered the behaviors that can differentiate good and bad leaders. Let’s start with the tell-tale signs of bad leadership, show how a ...

Emmanuelle, a well-intentioned manager, was leading a team project to launch a new product. She had a clear vision, but her communication style was abrupt and vague. In a meeting, she instructed her ...

There has been over 100 years of psychological research on leaders and leadership (Day & Antonakis, 2012). One thing is clear: There are tell-tale signs that a leader is good, and does the right ...

These six clues always predict whether or not there’s strong leadership nearby. If you don’t see these six things, poor leadership isn’t far. Employee engagement and initiative-taking are clear ...

Fire department culture often turns toxic when administrators or command staff blame employees for poor performance without considering the role that leadership played in shaping the outcome. Leaders ...