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I once had a boss who was never in the office. He traveled constantly, and all over the country. I only worked there for a summer, but it was several weeks before…

I think Jay Conger would agree with me: Being a leader isn’t like being a manager on steroids. Being a leader demands new skills and new perspective. The crucial skills…

It is so tempting to always hire people who seem just like me.  Someone who will fit right in and want to do everything the same way I want to…

When you’re young, leaders are the ‘grown-ups’, the big wigs who do everything from making you dinner to running the country. Any grown-up seems to be a leader someone you…

What keeps an employee productive? A new survey suggests that for HR leaders, workplace productivity is something to be protected from the creeping time suck of Facebook and Twitter. Jointly conducted by…

Can you believe a full year has passed since we launched our community?  It’s been a wonderful time of insight, collaboration and learning as we collectively pioneer new ways to…

As an Ohio State football fan, I wanted to relay a recent observation I’ve had about the ability of personal narratives and authentic storytelling to power dynamic, inspired leaders. For…

Last year, I served as the 2014 Chairman of the Board for the Colorado Technology Association (CTA), an industry association that leads the network of companies and professionals fueling Colorado’s…

Simon Mainwaring in his interview with Maril, talks about today’s marketplace of increased transparency, accountability and authenticity and the implications for company leaders when control in a traditional sense is…

The more conversations I have, the more I think the answer is “everything.” Howard Schultz talked about it during our interview. So did Mitch Albom. It’s funny how so many…