With all this talk of trying to motivate the people around you, I’m concerned that all we’ll do is create a bunch of overachievers. Overachieving is over-rated. In order to be fair and balanced, I think we need a good lesson in how to demotivate people. It’ll do their over-sized egos some good. Toughen up the masses. MORE >>

With the Apprentice back on our screens it provides a weekly reminder of the old adage that nice guys finish last, as the contestants take turns to stab one another in the back in a frantic attempt to stay in the competition (hate the word 'process'). Is there merit to the saying though? Some new research attempts to get to the bottom of it. MORE >>

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Workplace Issues I grew up in rural North Dakota and would occasionally see movies about events that are a part of our history but were not a part of my reality:  Movies about the civil rights movement or the Holocaust.  MORE >>

The Ultimate Question to Ask in a Job Transition. After years serving as president and co-founder of my company, and growing it from two to 2,200 employees, I took a sabbatical. In the meantime, I received a number of unprompted requests from leaders, asking if I would coach them. What career insights are you withholding from friends and loved ones? MORE >>

He was the incandescent man.  Phil Graham walked into a room and took it over, charming and seducing whomever he wished, men and women alike.  No one in Washington could match him at all, not even, in the days before he became President, John F. Kennedy. Everyone adored Phil Graham. David Halberstam, The Powers that [.]. MORE >>