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Close-up of Malcolm Gladwell holding a microphone and speaking with hand raised.

EXCLUSIVE: Responding to Critics, Malcolm Gladwell Says Freelance Work Taught Him “Benefits—and Drawbacks—of Being on Your Own All Day”

In 2005 writer Malcolm Gladwell proclaimed "desks are now banished." Today, he's pushing to bring workers back into the office.
By Courtney Vinopal
Herbert Diess

Volkswagen’s CEO Is Stepping Down After Four Years on the Job

Herbert Diess is stepping down as CEO of Volkswagen after four years, a tenure marked by advances in electric vehicle development and labor strife.
By Oliver Staley
In the future, we won't be talking about companies trying to attract employees and sell to customers. The conversation will be about one community, inside and out, working together to achieve a single purpose.

The Two Words Future Business Leaders Will Never Say—And Why

The ecosystem of business is changing, and so are the players.
By Josh Levine

What Makes for Great Leadership: Q&A With Ex-Facebook VP Tom Arrix

By Gabriela Barkho
Former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General John Jumper.

Former Air Force General John Jumper Provides Some Plane Truths

By John A. Tures
Toxic leadership isn’t just bad for business; it can also make workers seriously ill.

Your Management Style Could Be Sending Employees to the ER

By David Waters
Focussing on kindness, rather than on results, is a more effective leadership strategy.

The Key to Effective Leadership? Constructive Kindness

By Donnalynn Civello
Merck CEO Ken Frazier was first to resign from his manufacturing council.

Can Corporate America Afford to Walk Away From President Trump?

By Neal Hartman
Anthony M. Bucco

NJ GOP Rearranges Assembly Leadership Team

By Alyana Alfaro
Be careful of unintended consequences when your company grows.

Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies

By Steve Blank
Working with the White House was grueling, but it taught me valuable lessons about the complex nature of politics.

What Working With the White House Taught Me About People and Problems

By Michael Gleason
What will Mike Isaac's book about Uber reveal?

Fixing a Toxic Culture Like Uber’s Requires More Than Just a New CEO

By Katina Sawyer and Christian Thoroughgood
A positive leader sees what’s possible and then takes the next steps to rally and unite people to create it.

How Great Leaders Create and Share a Positive Vision

By Jon Gordon
Positive leaders have grit and find a way to navigate the roadblocks or run through them to move closer to their vision and goal.

Five Ways Successful Leaders Cultivate Grit and Achieve Long-Term Goals

By Jon Gordon
How can leaders fight their own destructive ego-driven habits?

Why Being Ego-Free Might Be the Key to Leadership

By Ryan Holiday
Most people believe that people either quit or they get fired. But the choice is not binary.

Great People Fire Themselves

By Alex Kreilein
The efforts of any leader are delivered in 3 distinct buckets.

17 Things a CEO Does — When Not Microdosing

By Dave Balter
No matter what you do: Make yourself useful.

I Have 15 ideas to Change Your Life—Do You Have Five Minutes?

By Darius Foroux
Michael Lopp, vice-president of engineering at Slack.

This Slack VP Has the Cheat Codes for Leadership

By Brady Dale
The world Ortelius' Typus Orbis Terrarum, first published 1564.

Almost Every Company Falls Into This Thinking Trap

By Shane Parrish
Give our military leaders a chance to show you how they lead, plan, and unite.

Fear Not the Generals

By Jason Criss Howk
SEALs are some of the toughest human beings on the planet. And they have something to teach us.

Bulletproof Mind: 6 Secrets of Mental Toughness From the Navy SEALs

By Charles Chu
The Steak Dinner Clause represents a huge win-win

How to Use ‘The Steak Clause’ to Win Your Next Negotiation

By Ryan Holmes
“Boys will be boys” is a logic that excuses or trivializes male behavior at all stages of their development

Boys Will Be Boys: The Uncomfortable Truth About Trump, America and Women

By Selena Strandberg
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