Team leaders often diminish their impact despite their intention to do the opposite. By encouraging too much dependence on their own interventions, they risk being fractional leaders. By contrast, team leaders who carefully develop the ability of their team members to adapt to change and challenge can increase their leadership impact so that it is [...]

At work you should choose your colleagues carefully, but what about your adversaries?
You should choose your adversaries at work carefully too, because they can bring out the best in you, or the worst in you.
We can gain an informative management perspective on this principle through sports rivalries. The competitive architecture of sports encourages rivalries that [...]

When Debbie Quintana started an association to try to help her industry in the down economy, she encountered an unexpected negative attack on her reputation. Debbie is the CEO of Gourmet Gifts, a gift basket company that creates and delivers unique, affordable gift baskets. She is a featured nominee for the 2009 Solomon Awards for [...]

Conflict and creativity are closely connected. That’s important to remember during difficult disputes, because creativity techniques often help with conflict dilemmas.
I re-learned this lesson for the umpteenth time last week after speaking with my friend and mentor James “Sully” Sullivan, Jr. Every time I talk to Sully, I come away smarter and happier.
I told Sully [...]