Building a successful career draws from several important disciplines. These time-honored practices, proven to work in every industry, are vital to those striving to achieve success. Whether you need inspiration to start a new practice or a boost of motivation to get back on track, take and use these four leaders’ experiences to bolster your …

What do successful women know that you don’t (yet)? How did they make it to the top? What are their secrets? We spoke to thousands of successful women for our book The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for Women Leaders and discovered the five P’s that helped them get there: purpose, presence, preparation, …

Multiple market pressures and negative perceptions are fueling the growing trend toward dishonesty. Authenticity–that is, truthfulness or showing who you really are–is more important in business than ever. That’s because, setting aside the customer demand for good ethics for a moment, business leaders want a realistic picture of whether the people they hire are going …

If you’re a recruiter looking for good interview questions, you’ll find them aplenty. A tactful question can reveal if someone’s a narcissist, a complainer or a run-of-the-mill excuse maker. But if you’re on the other side of the table — the interviewee — you’ll need an arsenal of questions, too. Because at some point, they’re …

Now that 2018 is just around the corner, it may be time to ask that one glaring question to move you forward: What is your single biggest leadership challenge right now? This is not a hard exercise, but it does take some level of accountability and self-reflection. It should be obvious enough because it may …