It might be a quarter life crisis or just the stirring in my soul Either way, I wonder sometimes about the outcome of a still verdictless life Am I living it right? -John Mayer A rare one from me - a bit of a personal post. I generally try to keep a pretty tight profile [...]

Check out this infograph we came across at Focus.com on the The State of the World's Female CEOs. How many are there? What percentage of leadership positions do they hold? What do they earn? And where do they come from? While it's clear that there's a lot of work to do on this front, we're delighted [...]

Perhaps inspired by the recent State of the Union address from Barack Obama, I've spent the last few days thinking about the raw power of a leader's ability to speak. As we know, a speech - whether a pep talk in a weekly staff meeting or a keynote at an industry conference - is much [...]

I came across this excellent video today from Harvard Business School on where leaders go wrong. In your experience, what is the biggest mistake a leader can make? Here's some food for thought: Featuring: Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic Evan Wittenberg, Head of Global Leadership [...]

Fred Wilson had a great blog post today on AVC.com about the importance of CEOs having a good mentor or coach. If you're not following Fred already, you should be - certainly if you're running a business or thinking about it. And while Fred's perspective comes from the world of venture capital (Fred is Managing [...]