The least one can do is to say thank you to someone who lends a helping hand. Kind words cost nothing. But do we all remember to use them on the spur of the moment? Unfortunately, the answer is usually no. Many team leaders fail to see that if you want a team to function ...
Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of getting into a typical job that imposes many limitations on them. There are a select few people who have the guts to become a start-up owner of their own venture. While some of them succeed and reach the pinnacle of success, others fall short and eventually bite ...
In 2002, the BBC conducted a nationwide poll of the British people to determine the greatest Briton in history. It was no surprise that Winston Churchill came out on top and won the highest number of votes. Churchill was the United Kingdom’s prime minister twice, from 1940-1945 during World War II and again from 1951-1955. Since ...
Gen. George Patton, who fought in both world wars, is considered one of the most successful military leaders in American history. In his years of service, he faced a critical moment in the battle between good and evil. Most of the world’s research on him centers around his combat tactics and leadership style, while his ...
Opening the chapter on Chinese history, we find that all good and caring emperors had something in common: They held the people in their hearts and treasured them as their children. If natural disasters occurred, emperors would first look within to decide whether they had sinned. They believed that when they had done something wrong, ...
While the “wisdom of the crowd” shapes the behavior of large groups of people, less is known about small-group dynamics and how individuals interact to make decisions, particularly when it comes to the emergence of leaders, a key area of inquiry in organizational research. The phenomenon is critical to arriving at an understanding of social networks of all ...
At the recently concluded Doha Forum 2018, leaders from Turkey and host country Qatar opined that the East was poised to overtake the West in terms of economy and influence very soon. The comments were made at a plenary session called “The Growth Potential of Emerging Markets.” A rising East “What we are witnessing right ...