If you look up “leadership” in the dictionary, you’ll see references to “leader” and “leading” but no real description of the idea itself. The lack of definition there is odd, considering that in his ...

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, along with a few others, is changing the game with her trust-based approach to philanthropy. She committed to expeditiously giving away her ...

Before my recent cataract surgery, I didn’t realize how cloudy my world had become. Before, I thought everything looked fine—just a little dimmer, maybe softer around the edges. After the procedure, I ...

Smith College’s Wurtele Center for Leadership will now be known as the Wurtele Center for Collaborative Leadership, a subtle but important change intended to better reflect the center’s mission and ...

In a recent interview I was asked why it was important to include psychology in the study of leadership. As a psychologist, I find leadership to be such an obvious psychological topic that I was a bit ...

In my nearly thirty years as a leader, I’ve focused on setting a clear vision and empowering my team to achieve our goals. We prioritize establishing shared objectives while allowing for flexibility ...

Being a good leader can feel like an abstract goal, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are the four pillars that I believe are the foundation of effective, successful leadership. Great leadership is ...