Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. According to recent studies, as many as 82% of American ...

What are the key qualities that distinguish a good leader from a bad one? A poor leader typically lacks key qualities like effective communication, emotional intelligence, integrity and the ability to ...

Inspired by some recent examples of bad leadership, I thought I would start a series of posts on bad leadership, and note some of the tactics used by "bosses from hell." 1. Use of Threats and ...

These signs defeat the purpose of calling someone a ‘leader.’ The evidence is overwhelming: bad leadership doesn’t just frustrate people It actively damages both individuals and organizations. The ...

There has been over 100 years of psychological research on leaders and leadership (Day & Antonakis, 2012). One thing is clear: There are tell-tale signs that a leader is good, and does the right ...

In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy wrote that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Tolstoy may have been right about families, but leaders are exactly the opposite.

Leadership isn’t about who speaks the loudest—it’s about who understands the most. Neither is leadership about holding on to people, but about growing them. The true measure of a leader is not how ...