Here's a thought-provoking guest post from Paul Thornton, a regular guest writer for Great Leadership. As a leader, what should the sign on your wall or desk say? Clement Stone began as a shoeshine boy and became a multimillionaire MORE >>

Confidence is an attribute that every leader needs to embrace and to foster in others. But when confidence goes too far, it can become hubris. Overdosing on confidence is easy to do. Jim Collins writes about the organizational side of hubris in his latest book, How the Mighty Fall. Stage 1 of organizational failure is "hubris born of success." MORE >>

At the Technical Academy Awards ceremonies held in Hollywood, the Associated Press reported that it wasn’t the host, actress Jessica Biel, who attracted the most attention. Instead, it was an understated, bespectacled, computer engineer named Ed Catmull. And rightly so. Ed Catmull is the president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. MORE >>

Did you know that there can be great satisfaction in formally mentoring others? It's a way of giving back and can also be a way to learn some new things MORE >>

I ran across a great audio blog post by Mark Sanborn where he poses five questions we should ask ourselves at the beginning of each week. These questions serve as a guide to live by design and not just react to things as they come MORE >>