Competence in leadership is crucial. When Republicans and President Trump are at the helm, America experiences tangible results. Under Trump’s leadership, our economy thrived, unemployment reached ...

The election of Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill offers New Jersey — and particularly Trenton — a renewed sense of optimism. Her victory reminds us that leadership grounded in competence and compassion ...

A sure sign of failed leadership is to ignore the fundamentals until they mushroom into a crisis. Or when the crisis occurs, to deny responsibility and deflect blame. Or to pick fights with the very ...

Leadership decisions still run on charisma, gut feel, and past success. The data says those myths reward confidence over competence, and keep organizations stuck.

There’s a persistent idea in the fire service that some things can’t be taught. That leadership somehow springs full formed from years riding in the rig and learning on the job. This notion is ...

Sam Manekshaw’s quote on leadership reminds us that authority without ability is hollow, and titles without skill are fragile. Understand why real leadership is built on learning, discipline and inner ...

I love mathematics and my initial choice was a career in data analysis and the mastery of numbers, but I chose insurance, the flagship of hands-on people support, development, and growth. My ambition ...

For too long, women in leadership have been told to walk a tightrope between being too strong and too soft, too assertive and too accommodating. This is the Double Bind—the paradox that says if you ...

Successful leaders are skilled in the core competency of saying "no." These five courageous leadership skills will ...

Specifically, he found that successful in extremis leaders (1) possess an inherent motivation for the task, (2) embrace continuous learning, (3) share risk with their followers, (4) adopt a lifestyle ...