Yes, leaders must be able to delegate.  Yes, leaders must be decisive, making hard decisions when the situation warrants.  Yes, leaders must be able to effectively manage their work-life demands.  All of these qualities help detemrine whether someone in a position of authority will succeed in that role. But there is one aspect of leadership…

Sally Helgesen published The Female Advantage in 1990, and it has become one of the best-known books on women in leadership in the 26 years since.  Helgesen’s Web of Influence was a systematic portrayal of how women bring a type of leadership that differs from traditional, masculine and military hierarchical systems of leadership. Women leaders demonstrate “collaborative, courageous, flexible, open, accessible relationships”…

hen I was a new associate attorney at a law firm, one of the partners signed me up to play in a scramble golf tournament.  I was playing with two partners from a different office whom I’d never met.  I arrived at the registration desk and asked the person signing me in to point out my new…

Maybe the recent lawsuit against Yahoo!, Inc., can shed some light on the answer.  According to an article in the New York Times by Vindu Goel, Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, introduced a quarterly performance management process.  Sounds good, right?  More frequent feedback and opportunities to develop!  But according to the lawsuit, that wasn’t the plan.  First – let me say – I used to represent…

PING. And there it is – like one of Pavlov’s dogs, my physical and emotional reaction begins. My heart sinks, the adrenaline starts flowing, my anxiety is increasing, and I’m dreading what comes next… The ping signals the arrival of new emails. Instinctively (almost unconsciously), I HAVE to check it out. It’s a compulsion. An obsession. A…

Let’s be real. We have work. We have friends. We have workfriends. It’s no surprise that HR professionals struggle with the fine line between maintaining a friend’s confidence and maintaining the integrity of their roles and the loyalty to the clients or organizations they serve. Are HR professionals ever really off duty? What are you…