“You need to think more strategically; you need to be more strategic!” It’s one of the most common, but least helpful, pieces of feedback professionals receive. It sounds smart, it sounds wise, it ...

Myths and facts about one of the most sought-after leadership competencies in business. Woman stands in front of a staircase in different colors. She is about to walk up the stairs. Concept of ...

For most of us, reinvention—of our careers and ourselves—is an extremely tall order. As London Business School professor Herminia Ibarra notes, you might know what you don’t want to do any more but be ...

In this week’s Ethics column, a manager asks how to get their team out of “task mode.” A Reddit member writes: I’m leading a small outreach and engagement team at a nonprofit, and I could really use ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

Instead, middle and senior managers are trained to hit key performance indicators, optimize efficiency, and execute directives from above. They’re expected to “own” their results but rarely given the ...

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On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis explores how history’s greatest leaders balanced vision, resources, and morality. Using examples from Alexander the Great to Lincoln and Churchill, Gaddis shows ...