My late friend Jim Rainey was one of the toughest leaders I ever knew. When he was hired to lead a giant agribusiness enterprise, the organization had for years been hemorrhaging millions in operating ...

I made a new friend recently: Dr. Kari Konkola. He has a doctoral degree in history and has spent a long time examining what are called Confessors' Manuals, which are medieval Latin texts by Christian ...

When you think of the leaders who make up the 1 percent of America, you might notice a few characteristics: cockiness, arrogance, aggressiveness. No one could blame you for thinking those qualities ...

Early in my HR career, I was fortunate enough to meet former President Jimmy Carter at a professional conference. After he heard me speak, he had the Secret Service approach me for a chat. To this day ...

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role. I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history ...

As the new year gets going, many of us make resolutions to better our lives and our selves. Counsellors and psychologists alike will tell you that the key to self-improvement is being humble. Author ...

A glowing bottle of radium water and a glowing chatbot play the identical trick: Both invite us to mistake borrowed ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece suggesting that the No. 1 trait CEOs need right now is humility. Tim Ryan, senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) U.S., argued that today’s leaders need to be ...

Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence—to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also means ...

Last night at sundown, the annual Jewish holiday of Sukkot began. This seven-day celebration, known as both the Feast of Tabernacles and the Holiday of the Harvest, commemorates the exodus from Egypt ...

Last week, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith gathered in plenary session at the Vatican, which means that all its members were gathered at once. These plenary sessions are held every two ...