Heather Elkington was on the brink of a major career milestone: helping to sell the startup she’d helped scale, GoProposal, to a global corporate powerhouse. As the Operations Director, she’d been the ...

Being a great leader means being a great manager too. True leadership blends vision with execution, strategy with teamwork, and asking the right questions. To manage or to lead—that is the question. I ...

Advancement and promotion are central goals that our culture values. There is no surer way to get a lot of positive feedback on LinkedIn than to post your ascension into a new role. And many people ...

Being a manager comes with an automatic intimidation factor, as the power dynamic following the title can produce an imbalance between yourself and your employees. The reality that you are the boss ...

Being a manager is never easy. And if you have never supervised others, the feat can be even more daunting. Managers are often spinning several plates: leading by example, setting and exceeding goals ...

Have you ever observed how managers are too soft and nice because they are afraid their subordinates will say: “You are a bad manager?” I think it’s a common fear amongst leaders, one we rarely talk ...

Stepping into a senior position is a proud moment for upwardly mobile professionals. However, becoming a successful manager is far from straightforward. Analyst Gartner suggests that as many as 40% of ...

The new report from the Virginia-based trade group warns that while many organizations offer their managers the opportunity to hone their leadership skills through development programs, 90 percent of ...