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The Eight Archetypes of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Although the ghost of the Great Man still haunts leadership studies, most of us have recognized by now that successful organizations are the product of distributive, collective, and complementary leadership. Some of these try to identify certain recurring behavior patterns considered more or less effective in a leadership context.

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Addicted to Wealth

N2Growth Blog

Withdrawal: The thought of losing or not making money fills a person with fear, anxiety and stress. So in order to feel better (or so they think) the physical and emotional actions of pursuing wealth causes their brain produce enough dopamine (a chemical mood enhancer) to numb their pain.

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What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. She remembers turning down an offer to go to the career-boosting internal leadership program just before having her third child. This propelled her into a re-accelerated career phase.

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