The recent recession has toppled and transformed our ideas about just about everything.

A friend of mine is in a senior position at a mid cap that just filed bankruptcy. Sadly hundreds of employees will lose their jobs, investors and lend...

There is good thinking about the effectiveness of culture, the importance of community, and the benefits of branding. But, none of this work gets to the root cause of why organizations are not as successful as they can be.

It is not just Wall Street that needs to be occupied and reformed, but Main Street, and the process is already underway in finance, retailing, manufacturing, education and politics. Perhaps this is the time for business schools to step forward and take a radical lead.

The Occupy Wall Street protesters have taught us a number of critical lessons about mobilizing movements that leaders -- whether business, political, or non-profit -- should bear in mind.

To my mind, sales people were slick, oily and unpleasant. They traveled with an overnight bag filled with Hermès ties and carried a slight odor of sulfur. These days, I can give you thousand reasons why I love sales people, and why you should too.

At the beginning of a new round of work -- and, for that matter, at any other time that it becomes clear that the group can't do everything -- proactive prioritization of group objectives is absolutely necessary.

It's not easy to say less and convey more. But if you learn how to do it well, you'll have much more impact on your audience and on your organization. What are your suggestions for learning how to say less?

Too many executives choose probable death tomorrow over certain death today. Trust me, in the end, you and your people lose by taking a bad number.

They slack off all year, avoiding chores like the plague, whining and complaining every time you ask them to do anything. Then, two weeks before the b...

A company can be as clinically depressed as a person -- and such a feeling pervades everyone and seeps into the company's product. It's a leader's job to set the atmosphere for their organization.

Managing workplace stress requires focusing on the issues that you can control. Here are a few ideas I've picked up from colleagues and executive coaches over the years that may offer some benefit during these crazy times.

Regardless of who you may have an issue with, be sure to address it before the situation becomes irreparable.

Stan was excited about his presentation. His proposal was perfect. He was confident the senior leadership team would quickly buy into the brilliance ...

From 24/7 Wall St.: Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have ...

There is a critical relationship between management, marketing and training, which is key to creating cohesion across the front end of a business, and which then in turn determines the strength of the force behind sales.

The skill of active managers is not in "beating the markets." It's convincing you they are likely to do so in the future, and coming up with lame explanations for why they have not done so in the past.

See anything familiar? A high level manager who achieved earlier success, possibly through serendipity, years earlier, insisting upon continuing the same approach despite much different circumstances.

Whether or not your people are learning anything from what you're saying to them, rest assured, they're learning from what you're doing.