Effective leadership starts with acknowledging that different situations call for different leadership styles. The practice of “leadership”—influencing behavior to achieve a desired result—encompasses ...

We often conjure stereotypical images of overt hostility when we think of aggressive communication: raised voices, forceful demands, and intimidating behavior. However, aggression can take subtler ...

Every leader knows from personal experience that managing people is not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. I actually wrote about this in my book Managing for Dummies. An approach that works with one ...

Coercive leadership, characterized by a command-and-control approach, can significantly impact the workplace environment. For ambitious and skilled job seekers and employees on a six-figure career ...

In my book, Here Be Dragons, I wrote in the chapter devoted to leadership that “In order to attract and retain high-performing employees, you have to learn how to serve them… If people know that you ...