Exceptional organizations know that people are their most valued resource; they motivate employees and recognize excellence. The U.S. Coast Guard, in which I served for 36 years, is an organization ...

We used to expect our business and government leaders to have strength of character. Today that's been replaced by a moral ...

I’ve been writing about leadership for over three years now, since publishing my book on character-centered leadership: Breaking Ice & Breaking Glass: Leading in Uncharted Waters. Yet, I’ve not ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In 2024, I authored an NBJ article on what the “New ...

An all-too-common pitfall many leaders experience as they accumulate influence is forgetting a key marker that makes them successful over the long term — the depth of their character. Virtuous leaders ...

Editor's Note: In this second installment of a two-part series on leadership and readiness, the article argues that the future of military advantage lies not in weapons or algorithms, but in character ...

It started, as many things in Oxford do, with a conversation after lunch. It was the spring of 2013, and a group of professors gathered in a college common room. Their discussion turned to a troubling ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Leadership research has long wrestled with a paradox. Many leaders who achieve rapid results ...