A great workplace environment starts with great leadership. With the number one reason for employee resignation being bad bosses, according to a Gallup Poll, it’s no wonder there’s so much discourse ...

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Being a great leader means being a great manager too. True leadership blends vision with execution, strategy with teamwork, and asking the right questions. To manage or to lead—that is the question. I ...

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What do great managers do? Just about the opposite of what great leaders do, according to Marcus Buckingham, a consultant on leadership and management and author of several books, including First, ...

We all know many of the things that make a great manager. Vision, empathy and intelligence, to name a few. But there is one attribute that gets little attention yet I believe should be at the top: the ...

There are seven brutal truths that separate good managers from bad—trust, clear boundaries, courage under pressure, and so on, according to a recent Fast Company article. Helpful, yes. But here’s the ...

Middle managers have been the punching bag of the workplace for some time, with employees increasingly seeing their direct superiors as meddlesome, obsolete, and taking credit for their work. But it ...

Chad Prinkey is CEO of Well Built Construction Consulting, a Baltimore-based firm that delivers strategic consulting, facilitation services and peer roundtables for construction executives. Opinions ...

Stepping into a senior position is a proud moment for upwardly mobile professionals. However, becoming a successful manager is far from straightforward. Analyst Gartner suggests that as many as 40% of ...