It is Christmas morning, and my family is still in bed.  Before we get into an amazingly wonderful day, I wanted to write a post that has been swirling in my head for a couple days (visions of a blog post rather than sugar plums?  I’m not sure what that says about me, but here we

As leaders we want to encourage, support and accelerate performance, productivity and success of those following us.  One of the many ways we can do this is by taking the time, and making the time to celebrate with our teams.  I have observed that celebrations cause consternation for many leaders; raising questions like when to

This is the ninth post in our series of guest blog posts from our ten finalists in this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs competition (make your pick here)  Bob Sutton is a researcher and Professor of Management Science at the Stanford Engineering School. The word ‘innovation’ best describes his way of exploring the connections between

This post is the eighth of our ten finalist guest posts (place your vote now). Steve is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics, with over 30 years of experience. His skills and services have been utilized by some of the world’s largest organizations and he is also a member