The De-Machoing of Great Leadership
Are you an autocrat like Jack Welch or a nurturer like Tony Hsieh? Here's how leadership has evolved over the last 30 years. Read more
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5 Easily-Copied Traits of an Excellent Leader
Harold MacDowell, CEO of TDIndustries, sets a standard for company culture that you should imitate. Here's how. Read more
Why You Should Groom Successors at All Levels
Develop talent internally, and you'll have suitable candidates who can fill slots, whenever they open up. Start now. Read more
Alex and Ani CEO: 'My Job Was to Discourage People'
Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan interviews the unlikely pair who lead the fast-growing oft-hiring designer-jewelry maker. Read more
Don't Ignore Your Failures. Talk About Them
Hayes Drumwright, founder and CEO of Trace3,a $300 million IT consulting company, says if you embrace failure you'll succeed. Read more
How to Lead When Your World Is Falling Apart
One entrepreneur explains how she ran her fast-growing company as she coped with her second miscarriage. Read more
Why Employees Aren't Telling You the Truth
Feel like you're always the last one to know about problems in the company? You're at least partly to blame. Read more
How Your Energy Affects Your Team
When you're the boss, there are going to many times when you've gotta put on your "game face" because your energy affects everyone and everything. Read more
3 Reasons I Lead From the Weeds
You can still keep your company moving forward while keeping your feet firmly planted in the day-to-day details. Here are three reasons to do so. Read more
Want to Scale Your Company? Get Out of the Way 
Les McKeown, CEO of Predictable Success, a growth-strategy consultancy, says ultimately you're the biggest obstacle to your company's growth. Watch video
Can Your Employees Push Back?
Are your employees afraid to disagree with you? Here's how to help them stand up for their opinions. Read more
Why Steve Jobs' Exactitude Mattered as Much as His Vision
As a leader, you need to articulate your clear-cut implementation plan. The second in a seven-part series on the power of communication. Read more
How to Lead Great Leaders
Leading has its challenges, but when your followers are powerful leaders you need to step up your game. Here are six helpful tips. Read more
Oreck Founder: Private Equity Bankrupted My Company
Oreck used to be one of the biggest names in the vacuum cleaner business. Ten years after he sold his company, David Oreck reflects on what happened. Read more
Compared to This, Your Mission Statement Sucks
The mission statement at this company might possibly be the one by which all others should be judged. Read more
How to Be Confident, Even When You're Not
Everyone has insecurities when doing something new. Here are three ways to build strength and be self-confident. Read more
How I Learned to Lean Forward, Every Day
One secret to my success is a refusal to dwell on the past. Four steps to stay focused on the future. Read more
How to Get Through the Entrepreneur's Middle Mile
In between the initial rush of your launch and the ultimate culmination of your success lies a long, tough road. Stay the course with these tips. Read more
Want to Make Better Decisions? Procrastinate
It may be counter-intuitive, but here's why you need to slow down before your next big decision. Read more
6 Strategies to Rally Your Troops
A winning business plan is nothing if employees aren't behind it. Here's how to get them on board. Read more
What's the Crux of Masterful Communication? Analytics
You can make convincing points if you're logical, rational, and data-driven. The first in a seven-part series on leadership communication styles. Read more
8 Ways to Be a Truly Memorable Boss
Employees don't leave jobs; they leave bad bosses--and even mediocre ones. Don't be that kind of boss. Read more
8 Ways Managers Sabotage Themselves
These management strategies sound smart in theory--but tend to backfire in practice. Read more
6 Things Exceptional Leaders Do Better
Exceptional leaders differentiate themselves by doing a few things better. Here are six things you can learn from them. Read more
4 Leadership Lessons From Professional Pilots
When entrepreneurs and pilots screw up, they take other people down with them. But the similarities don't stop there. Read more
The Problem With Charismatic Leaders
The business world loves CEOs with charm and vision. But research suggests chasing these leadership traits comes with plenty of dangers. Read more
Raise Your Daughters to Be Leaders: 6 Tips
What's it take to raise strong, confident women who will build the Apples, Facebooks, and Amazons of the future? One marketing exec (and mom) weighs in. Read more
5 Decision-making Types: Which One Are You?
New research from McKinsey offers insight into how to play up your strengths and compensate for weaknesses when you're the one calling the shots. Read more
Ethics and Power: How to Strike the Right Balance
Power dynamics are inevitable--and essential--to a functioning organization. Here's how to make sure they're used for good and not evil. Read more
You Should Do Everything Yourself (Seriously)
Rotate through every position at your company regularly--and you won't overlook a brewing problem, or sharp new idea. Read more
3 Leadership Tips for a Particular Kind of Entrepreneur: the Successor
North Korea's Kim Jong-un may be a despot, but his succession problems probably look a lot like yours. Read more
Project Management Advice From a Rocket Scientist
Jerry Madden, a revered project manager at NASA for 37 years, left behind a list of 128 management lessons that continues to circulate through the agency today. Read more
Want to Be a Better Leader? Put Yourself First
Before Carrie Kerpen could excel at the helm of the social media firm she co-founded, she had to change some things about herself. Here she explains. Read more
How to Make a Decision When Your Team Doesn't Agree
Don't just go with the majority opinion. Here's why. Read more
5 Things I Wish I Had Known as a Girl
Want to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship? Make sure the girls you know learn these five things early on. Read more