What is the purpose of a leader? Should a leader set direction, decide strategy, and tell others what to do, or should a leader be a facilitator, helping the group to achieve shared goals? Most of us ...

In this context, I’ve observed that teams under the stewardship of alpha leaders frequently fail to reach their full potential. However, the solution to this challenge is not to change alpha leaders ...

Leaders matter greatly. But in searching so zealously for better leaders, we tend to lose sight of the people these leaders will lead. Without his armies, after all, Napoleon was just a man with ...

There’s a lot of focus on leaders and leadership. It’s understandable because leaders have a huge impact on those around them. But what about followers? Not many people talk about followers. Yet, in ...

There is much we in higher education can learn from Lincoln, not the least of which is his approach to leadership. He led with courage, conviction and a vision of service that encompassed America. It ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Servant leadership emerges as a powerful and relevant approach in this dynamic environment.

During the last few years of my teaching at the university, we began to shift some of our emphasis in management principles from leadership to "followership." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, ...

Army generals lead their soldiers using a command and control approach to leadership. Scrum masters prefer the servant-leader approach. A servant-leader is someone who the puts the well-being of team ...

“It didn’t take me long to realize that my new company had a toxic organizational culture. Everyone only looked out for themselves, and tried to sabotage everyone else” — newly hired program manager ...