Project Management Advice for Effective Leadership

Professional Problem Solver - Communication Solutions

An interview with Nannette Rundle Carroll, author of The Communication Problem Solver

A Q-and-A with Jim Kilts, Former CEO of Gillette

During his time at Gillette, Jim Kilts cemented his reputation as one of the most talented CEOs in America by turning around a once-great company that had lost its edge. <A href="http://podcast.amanet....

Advice to New Leaders: Get "On Board" to an Early Win

Sander Flaum's advice for newly appointed leaders: make your impact as soon as possible to build credibility and confidence throughout the organization. And of course, surround yourself with only the best people....

After the Layoff: Managing the Survivors

Advice for managers to keep "surviving" employees motivated and productive.

Ajay Agrawal on How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us

Artificial Intelligence is portrayed in fiction and media as either killer robots or the thing that will save us all. Ajay Agrawal and his coauthors of Prediction Machines take a different view, one of economists. To them, the most important question around any new tech is: what will this reduce the

Al Pittampalli on How to Be Persuadable

Flip-flopping has been seen as a negative trait for years. Al Pittampalli , author of the new book Persuadable , is here to tell you that being able to change your mind is not a weakness. In a world that is changing faster than ever, being able to adapt your thinking to new evidence is actually a st

Al Pittampalli on the Modern Meeting

Meetings are a staple of our work lives that can be an inefficient drain of time, resources and creativity. Al Pittampalli is the author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, which outlines a fresh methodology to the meeting structure. The “modern meeting” encourages preparedness, speed, and results

Alan Trefler on Keeping an Eye on Consumers

In his book, Build for Change: Revolutionary Customer Engagement through Continuous Digital Innovation , Alan Trefler discusses the divergence that is becoming more and more visible between successful leading companies and the not so successful companies. Trefler argues that consumers are becoming m

Alan Willett on Leading the Unleadable

We've all worked with someone who was a diva or a Debbie Downer. Sometimes we wonder why we don't just fire them. Alan Willett is here to defend them: they usually have a good reason and there were warning signs all along. Alan joins us with some advice from his new book, Leading the Unleadable , pu