When contemplating whether you will ask for something you need, ask yourself what's the worst thing that can happen? If we don't ask for what we want, we will never know what we can really have! Good things rarely show up at our front door.

I am fascinated by this topic because I see the hero's journey as the same journey many of us face in our ascent up the leadership ladder.

If we want to make real progress in advancing women, we are going to have to rethink the methods we've been using. Why? Because the evidence clearly shows that these traditional approaches simply aren't working.

What is your strategy to prepare the next generation of leaders to leverage the emerging wisdom economy? Are your program focused on helping them know themselves, know others and know the culture within which they live?

In an organizational environment that is now networked, interconnected, rapidly transforming and constantly in motion leaders, especially emerging leaders, are being called forward to a more inclusive form of leadership. We are moving from knowledge based leadership towards wisdom based leadership.

You will face many choices about the amount of effort you'll need to grow yourself. The payoff for doing this self-development work first will continue to pay benefits for yourself, but also the people who work with you. You'll receive positive recognition for your authenticity.

The way that we pay attention is integrally related to the reality that we perceive as "true." By the time we have grown into adulthood most of us liv...

It takes both men and women, working together in unison, to fully utilize the broad spectrum of gender intelligence and maintain a competitive advantage.

How can companies actually focus on anything more than just next quarter's results? We're not just talking about a PR campaign or a new mission statement. We're talking about a new way of doing business. We're talking about deep change.

It's not enough to have exceptional technical and leadership skills; to be successful at the most senior levels, you must have the whole "executive package."

What do you want people to think and say about you and how do you need to show up to achieve that impression? If you don't already have a brand or if you are considering changing it, here are a few tips to get you started.

While the Olympic Games are over for another two years, the Summer Games of 2012 will be remembered for setting a new mark for women athletes and their male counterparts across the globe.

You can't expect someone else to take you to the top. It just doesn't happen that way. You have to manage your career. Decide what you want out of your career; map out a plan to get there, and then put yourself in a position to achieve it.

The key issue to recognize in giving feedback to top performers is that the "no news is good news" feedback approach is not an effective management technique for handling your superstars.

Career paths today are less geared towards filling the few remaining general management positions, and instead focus on functional specialization.

We conduct a program called The Leadership Room for small groups of executives. During last week's session we sent the ten participants to retail esta...

To retain high-potential employees, the conventional wisdom is deceptively simple: identify, develop, and nurture them. But translating this into action is much more difficult.

Markus Hipp is the Executive Director of the BMW Foundation, headquartered in Germany. He began his career in philanthropy at the Robert Bosch Foundation. I recently spoke with Markus about his work and his perception of German vs. American leadership.

I often ask some of the executives I work with to address a seemingly simple construct. They are asked, "If you had a clone performing your current jo...

Good leaders do not need to be good at everything. They need to increase self-awareness, know their strengths, invest in them, and support others who have complimentary gifts and talents.