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From Leonardo da Vinci to Steve Jobs: The Benefits of Being a Misfit
Walter Isaacson is a gifted storyteller. A career journalist who has steered both Time magazine and CNN, Isaacson has written biographies...
Jan 18, 2018


From the Macro to the Personal: Lessons from Five Top Leaders
In this opinion piece, Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett writes about critical advice he has received from other leaders – including former...
Dec 13, 2017


Why Leaders Are Made, Not Born
Inspired by her own struggles, Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn turned to figures from the past who overcame adversity to...
Nov 7, 2017


John Sculley: Rising to the Challenge of ‘Truly Disruptive Innovation’
While serving as CEO of PepsiCo, John Sculley was recruited by Steve Jobs to become CEO of Apple in 1983. After a disagreement with Jobs...
Nov 1, 2017


How to Build Trust and Lead Effectively
Building good teams starts with having strong relationships based on a foundation of trust. But how does one develop that trust at work...
Oct 12, 2017


Why Elon Musk Is Like Alfred Escher
Electric-car maker Tesla is worth more than Ford, GM or Fiat Chrysler, despite booking only a fraction of Big Auto’s sales and losing...
Sep 23, 2017


Why ‘Quiet’ Leadership Matters in Sports — and Life
The acronym GOAT in sports stands for Greatest of All Time. It’s a designation currently given to NFL quarterback Tom Brady, and it’s...
Aug 3, 2017


Why Leaders Must Balance Ego with Humility
When Raj Gupta, former CEO of specialty chemicals firm Rohm and Haas, came to the U.S. from India as a young man, he had just eight...
Jul 1, 2017


What Leaders Gain by Listening Closely to Employees
Bill Sandbrook is the president and CEO of U.S. Concrete. He is a 1979 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After...
Jun 30, 2017


Are You a Self-aware Leader?
Most corporate executives think they know themselves inside and out, just like they know every detail about their business structure. But...
Jun 9, 2017
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