Monthly Archives: May 2009

Mauricio Goldstein & Philip Read are the authors of Games at Work: How to Recognize and Reduce Office Politics.

As a leader, you can see what is often called “politics” going on in your organization. You…

Recently someone asked what I thought about "servant leadership."

My short answer was that using the word servant is redundant.

Don't misunderstand, I believe in the concept of servant leadership, and what you read or learn about leadership from that…

Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business by Jeff Carlisi and Dan Lipson is the latest book from Jossey-Bass.

In Jam!, Jeff Carlisi, former lead guitarist and songwriter of 38 Special, tells his own unique story of…

A review of Don’t Bring It to Work by Sylvia Lafair ran on Time.com:

Why Your Co-Workers Act Like Children
By Anne Fisher…

Congratulations to our authors, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner! They have been named recipients of the Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award by ASTD (American Society for Training & Development). This award is presented in…

Watching, listening to or reading the news you will "know" that new layoffs are announced every day, a shaky stock market is followed more closely than ever, and uncertainties seem to be everywhere.

This article is written to address this…

During a recent plane ride, I found myself sitting next to a former colleague from my first job as a management consultant. Actually, he was the leader of the consulting firm where I worked, but he’s now running a different…