Decision Making

Why All Great Leaders Need a Mentor It’s never easy to admit to yourself that your career may be going in the wrong direction, or that you’ve…

Source: PixabaySeveral months ago, I drafted a blog post about a rather discouraging piece of research on gratitude. Jeremy Yip, Cindy Chan,…

“When you truly study top performers in any field, what sets them apart is not their physical skill; it is how they control their minds.”– …

Knowledge@Wharton: How difficult is it to get people to be proactive?Meyer: It varies. We’ve done some studies as to who is prepared for…

Why do leaders cling to assumptions that are outdated, and/or long since proven untrue by reams of data?   Many reasons exist for this cognitive…

Yesterday, Elon Musk announced substantial layoffs at Tesla (9% of its workforce).  Successful, high-growth companies typically do not let go of…

The typical successful startup founder in Silicon Valley is in his or her twenties, right? Millennials have the creativity and fresh thinking…

Emma Levine, Alixandra Barasch, David Rand, Jonathan Berman, and Deborah Small have published an interesting new paper titled, "Signaling emotion…

Joann S. Lublin recently wrote a Wall Street Journal column titled, "What to Do When That Shiny New Job Isn't the Right Fit." Actually, the article…

Several years ago, journalists far and wide heralded college dropout Elizabeth Holmes for her bold vision, innovative strategy, and charismatic…