What happens when a schoolyard bully grows up and enters the workforce? Or worse, what if that bully becomes your boss? The result can be outright aggressive behavior or a subtle psychological torture that can make the workplace a living hell. Read More

Please join us for a class on leadership.

Each week we will post some of the lessons learned, review some of the class discussion, and wrestle with questions about leadership and its importance to society. An entire course on leaders and leadership in bite-sized chunks!

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Psychological processes cloud our critical analyses of a leader's potential or performance. Such is the case with evaluations of Sarah Palin. "She's a maverick," "a patriot," or a "true conservative." There is little consideration of her qualifications, experience, or other criteria that would make her a good President. In fairness, Barack Obama was not exceptionally qualified for the Presidency, so the same processes are at work. Read More

What did Peter Drucker, the Father of Modern Management, have to say about leadership? In his new book, Drucker on Leadership, my friend, Bill Cohen, a student and colleague of Peter Drucker, extracts the leadership lessons that he learned from this great thought leader. Here are the lessons that Bill uncovered. Read More