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So you were first in your MBA class and have the smarts of Jeff Bezos and Marissa Mayer combined. If you want the brightest possible future in business, you may [...]

Someone once asked my wife, Margie, what she thought leadership was all about. She nailed it when she said, 'Leadership is love. It's not about love.' It's loving your mission, [...]

Simon Sinek had penned a best-selling book on team-building and given a TED Talk seen, to date, by 17 million people when he discovered the secret of leadership that now [...]

YOU CAN do a lot of things by yourself, including start a business. But how far can you really go if you're flying completely solo? 'If you don't grow, you [...]

You've tried just about everything else. Perhaps these four counterintuitive approaches to growth might be what you've been looking for: 1 GO SLOWLY. The very best way to get to [...]

Someone has to be the best. Why not you? HOW WOULD YOUR LIFE CHANGE if you suddenly had $100 million? What would you do with the money? Stumped? You're not [...]

HAVE YOU EVER had a book land in your lap at just the right moment? As if the universe is saying, 'Here, kid, I saw this and thought of you'? [...]

HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED the reality show Undercover Boss on CBS? It's based on a fascinating premise. In each episode, a high-ranking executive or CEO goes undercover as an entry-level [...]

PROMOTE FROM WITHIN and boost profits. It seems like a simple equation, especially after a glance at examples such as Costco, which fills 98 percent of store manager positions from [...]

SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS is arguably the greatest American Olympian and one of the greatest competitors of all time. In the 2008 Beijing summer games, Phelps won eight medals--all gold--to break [...]

WHENEVER I speak, I like to chat with people, shaking hands and signing books afterward. Often during those times, someone will say something like, 'I wish I could spend a [...]

IN 1997 I decided to move my organizations from San Diego to Atlanta. I knew the relocation would mean saying goodbye to some great friends and colleagues on these teams. [...]

John C. Maxwell is a leadership expert, speaker, a best-selling author and founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Co.. which have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide. THERE [...]

READ a book once about Adolf Hitler, and remember in particular this story: When the evil despot wanted to hire a chauffeur, he interviewed 30 people for the job, according [...]

* ONCE THERE was a young woman who complained to her father about her life and how hard things were for her. Adversity was overwhelming her, and she wanted to [...]

* TIME FOR a history lesson: The Stone Age didn't end because humans ran out of rocks. It ended because we kept learning and improving. If you think about it, [...]

NOBODY LIKES to have tough conversations, but if you're a leader, you can't avoid them. You know what I mean: The all-star who used to hit the ball out of [...]

All leaders know this feeling: You're progressing in your business, and life's going along swimmingly. Then suddenly, barn! Someone hits the brakes, and you're sitting useless in the middle of [...]

Don't have one yet? Enlist help today. Have you ever noticed that smart, successful people are usually the first to ask for help? The most financially savvy executives and entrepreneurs [...]

Start leading from behind. If you can't outspend the competition, outthink it! 'If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes,' goes the old saying. For many companies, that's [...]

You've most likely heard the term thought leader tossed around in conversations or even read it in this magazine. But exactly how do you become a person whose unique ideas [...]

Virgin Group founder and CEO Richard Branson has always been an unconventional entrepreneur, and in his newest book, The Virgin Way, he highlights his guiding leadership principles. Here are a [...]

Every entrepreneur and leader needs the leverage that others provide. No one can do it alone. Acquiring these partnerships comes naturally for some people, while others may need to strategize [...]

MY MENTOR and I sat in a crowded restaurant. When he ordered fried food as an appetizer, I knew something was up. Then he said it: After 33 years, he [...]

Being a leader, you need to understand how to influence your people. As I describe in my book Before Happiness, one of the most powerful ways to share a positive [...]

To have the most effective team for your business, each member of your team needs to be utilized. There are many ways to do it, experts say. * Embrace failure. [...]