Your board of directors holds your organization’s future in its hands—but its members may be too dysfunctional to make effective decisions. The path to rebuilding starts here. By Adrian Furnham, Ph.D. No one can deny that an organization’s product, processes, competitive advantage, and recent history greatly influence its fate. Ditto […]

Leadership gurus can’t agree on what makes a great c-level executive. But they don’t have the data—and we do. Keep reading, board members. By Steven N. Kaplan, Ph.D., and Morten Sorensen, Ph.D. When you boil it down, boards only have one job: Pick a new CEO. The problem? They don’t […]

Tomorrow’s bosses won’t be allergic to human connection. Instead, they see openness and trust as the keys to growth and success.  By Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein When you think about great leaders, what archetypes come to mind? Maybe you conjure up images of the tech visionary, the […]

While most companies are talking about gender equality in leadership, these four are walking. Their secrets may open doors for your female talent too. By Brian Kropp, Ph.D. Within most conventional wisdoms is at least a nugget of truth. Same applies to the most common theories as to why males […]

The authors evaluated 25,000 managers and reached a definitive conclusion: Women are more effective leaders than men. By Joe Folkman, Ph.D., Joyce Palevitz, and Jack Zenger, Ph.D. Much has been written about the glass ceiling that appears to limit how high women can go in large organizations. More women enter […]

Maintaining your composure and keeping your team moving forward requires four sturdy building blocks. Here’s how to forge them. By Rob McKenna, Ph.D. If you were better at dealing with pressure and maintained your capacity to communicate with others clearly while staying true to yourself, how would that change affect […]

If you think you understand why women are underrepresented in leadership, think again. By Derek Lusk, Ph.D., and Jackie VanBroekhoven Sahm You’ve read the articles, heard the popular explanations, and can rattle off the talking points: women are different, women are less capable, women are less interested, it’s the damn […]

The research is clear: Unconscious bias isn’t holding women back. The smoking gun is the career path they took. By Rob Kaiser and Wanda T. Wallace, Ph.D. Diversifying the c-suite with more women is a top priority for many companies. But after 30-plus years chipping away at the glass ceiling, […]

The corporate world isn’t a just and fair place for female talent. It’s time for women to accept that the system is rigged—and learn to beat it. By Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D. Women remain substantially underrepresented in partner positions at law firms, c-suites at large companies, and top positions in academia.  […]

Good leaders can become great bosses, too—if they make these three pivots. By Dave Ulrich We know a lot about leaders and leadership: why they matter (to increase stakeholder value), who they are (personal characteristics that foreshadow success or failure), what they know and do (leadership actions and competencies), and […]