Here's a guest post by Paul Thornton, a Great Leadership regular: To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. Too much water or too little sunlight may hurt your plants. The best gardeners learn through experience and reflection what flowers need to grow and develop. With him it was all business. MORE >>

This week on Leadership Chat author Becky Carroll will be talking about leadership lessons from her new book, “ The Hidden Power of Your Customers.&#. Her book is all about how critically important it is for us as leaders to focus on our existing customers, and to nurture relationships with existing customers to create loyal brand evangelists. MORE >>

This could be a very short article, because the biggest barrier to collaborative problem solving is found by looking at the word problem backwards: melborp. Do you see it? The biggest barrier is me. Or you. Or whoever makes the problem about them, their agenda or their solution. Which means that we, too often, approach [.]. MORE >>

Happy Monday! In the past week, I have read many insightful blogs by fellow bloggers in the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere. hope you enjoy the five fabulous blogs I chose to share with you. Have a great week! Kevin W. MORE >>

By  Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer,  N2growth. In the world of leadership where the traits of accountability and personal responsibility are so highly regarded, I have one question? What’s with all the finger pointing? This level of responsibility just goes with the territory, and leaders who cannot accept this do not deserve to lead. MORE >>