Leadership

By: Monica McGrath “Women learn leadership in many ways, through books, classes and by watching others, but they learn the most through the challenging, interesting and sometimes difficult experiences of life. What can you do now to make sure you are ready to answer the call to lead? How ill you know if you are

By: Michael Useem “Uncertainty can make it hard for executives to take good decisions. Better preparation, having good advisers, and learning from experience can help managers avoid poor choices. Making decisions is what managers do every day. Hundreds are minor, some are significant, such as launching a project or hiring staff, and a few are

By: Michael Useem “For management writer Peter Drucker, leadership is having followers who “do the right thing”. For political historian James MacGregor Burns, leadership is a “calling”. For US president Abraham Lincoln, leadership is appealing to the “better angels of our nature”. Leadership is also a matter of making a difference. It entails changing a

By: Michael Useem “Managers have to be ready to take up the reins of leadership, and that includes calculating risks, voicing concerns, and guiding uncertain superiors. An unexplored yet critical side of leadership is upward leadership, or getting results by helping to guide your boss. Rather than undermining authority or seizing power from superiors, upward

By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “It is not easy for me to discern the ways in which my faith has informed my professional life. I have been shielded from this awareness for most of my adult life by thick layers of subconscious denial. The interesting antecedent question thus becomes: ‘Why did I feel the need to