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For decades, MBA programs, leadership trainings, and consultancies have told us that effective leaders share a set of “essential competencies.” You know the lists: empathy, strategic vision, humility, ...

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If you’re familiar with Gallup data about employee engagement, they have been playing one of their Top 40 hits for decades now. It’s a classic we’ve all heard. The tune? “People don’t quit companies; ...

Acting on employee feedback is essential to being a good leader. But a new study shows that how fast leaders change in response to this feedback shapes whether employees see them as authentic—and how ...

Businesses still spend billions each year on management training programs, but here we are in 2025—with a growing leadership gap and executives scrambling for answers. And if I can get honest for a ...

Randy Wolken signed the contract to become president and CEO of MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, between the two World Trade Center towers coming down on Sept. 11, 2001. On his first day on the ...