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Be Brave. From time to time, all of us are faced with a choice of being popular, or doing the right thing. For leaders, this is not a...

Have Good Manners. Leaders have to hold themselves to higher standards than everyone else. Say please and thank you – always and often....

Have Stamina. Think about leadership as you do about running. For every uphill, there is a downhill. When the ground is level, increase...

Be Fun. Overheard at my health club in Chicago:  “LA is nice – the weather is terrific, but I just couldn’t live there.  It’s Neverland…...

Be Humble. You don’t know everything – no one does. Maybe you don’t even know what you don’t know how scary is that? You need others....

Be Diverse, Not Safe. Surround yourself with people who don’t think like you. Don’t confuse their differences with lack of skill. Don’t...

Committed to designing effective organizations and courageous leaders, this Thought of the Week series provides tips for reflection and...

Committed to designing effective organizations and courageous leaders, this Thought of the Week series provides tips for reflection and...

In most workplaces, Valentine’s Day doesn’t have anything to do with work. (In fact, it can be downright distracting to watch co-workers...

Forbes recently published the Glassdoor 2014 Best Companies to Work For – one of the intriguing lists that gets the full attention of...

It’s usually the big-dollar donations that make the philanthropy headlines this time of year.  But you don’t have to be Bill Gates to...

Many studies show that organizations that link diversity and engagement to their business strategy and core values increase performance,...

Although research is still catching up, experience working with many types and sizes of companies and organizations shows that diversity...

Halloween means plenty of delicious, fun scary sights and sounds. We like to be scared because it’s exciting and makes us feel alive in...

In the November issue of Oprah magazine, Ori Brafman, co-author of The Chaos Imperative, advises us to cultivate contacts outside our...

A high performance culture (as measured in research conducted by PA Consulting Group and reported in a recent Bulldog Reporter article),...

A recent study, reported by the Bulldog Reporter this week, discusses that to dramatically improve performance, companies need to be sure...

Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip...

The Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and Globoforce recently released the findings and report of its annual employee survey....

Never working a day in our lives because we love our jobs is the nirvana many of us have been seeking since college.  Now, Monique...