Leaders need to quickly and easily manage conflict with their team members. Discord at work affects everyone. In fact, it creates an environment of uncertainty and negativity. There can be constructive changes if the situation is taken care of maturely and sensitively. This can happen via effective conflict management at

Students, at some point in their life, could end up in the role of a leader. From common leadership positions to leading by initiative, the art of taking the lead is one that will be useful for us throughout life. Taking responsibility for anything in itself is a lofty task

How many times have you seen this situation? You’re at a networking event, and a well-suited young man walks up to you, holding out his hand, “Hi, my name is Joe Publicwannabe. Here’s my card.” His smile is confident, and he shakes your hand firmly. You glance down at his business

To build a leadership legacy, we have a responsibility to realize we won’t be around forever. When we leave, whether, by retirement, resignation, or promotion, it is our responsibility to have prepared someone to take our place. Besides the fact that an employer will feel a lot better about promoting

Introverted leaders are usually great at technical skills. That’s why they were promoted and given more responsibility. What does the word “leader” mean? Well, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, a leader is a person who is in control of a group or situation. Or it can be explained as “a

Not all of us get to do what we’re best at. Some people are good at things that don’t pay, like hotdog eating. Others often don’t have the opportunity to do what they excel at. People in leadership positions have it slightly easier, though. After all, they get to make

A significant part of leadership effectiveness is motivating the team. Motivation is a hot topic in organizational science, but answering the question “what motives people” and producing effective solutions has been met with limited success. Intrusive Leadership Previously, I’ve written about the soft side of leadership and how subtle people

Successful project management, by its most obvious definition, is the ability to design, plan, and execute your projects with success. Project managers are constantly striving to ensure that projects are completed on time and within the stipulated budget. There are several challenges that they have to deal with daily from

One sunny day I was walking through the central streets and saw a bookstore with this book in a shop window: “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli’s Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five Centuries Ago” by Michael A. Ledeen. This book on rules for leadership inspired

The debate around the supremacy of either management or leadership when it comes to running a company, or even in a day-to-day situation, has been around for quite some time now. In a head-to-head race between leadership and management, it’s very important to understand the differences between them and their