The CEO slumped in his opulent and dark corner office with his head in his hands. He took another long drink of the 12 year old single...

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“I just don’t understand it,” the former business owner and newly minted corporate officer said to himself as he scowled and shook his...

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The retired and graying former executive slumped in his chair in his immaculately appointed and overly private home office in sunny...

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John, the COO, looked troubled as he sat in the conference room with Susan, his friend and confidant and one of the promising young...

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Nick, the President of the company, looked at Joe, the Vice President of Sales, in bewilderment. “How in the world could this happen,...

The Society for Advancement of Consulting recently distributed a list of ten “detours” from the path of effective leadership. Perhaps...

Susan was feeling overwhelmed. She was relatively new to her leadership position, and she desperately wanted to be successful in her new...