The election of Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill offers New Jersey — and particularly Trenton — a renewed sense of optimism. Her victory reminds us that leadership grounded in competence and compassion ...

Competence in leadership is crucial. When Republicans and President Trump are at the helm, America experiences tangible results. Under Trump’s leadership, our economy thrived, unemployment reached ...

Knowledge and understanding instill confidence in a leader, and a competent leader knows what to expect, how to anticipate ...

A sure sign of failed leadership is to ignore the fundamentals until they mushroom into a crisis. Or when the crisis occurs, to deny responsibility and deflect blame. Or to pick fights with the very ...

Being friendly or likable at work doesn’t automatically make someone a good manager, says entrepreneur and author Ben Askins. In a recent feature on CNBC Make It, Askins emphasized that many ...

There’s a persistent idea in the fire service that some things can’t be taught. That leadership somehow springs full formed from years riding in the rig and learning on the job. This notion is ...

Specifically, he found that successful in extremis leaders (1) possess an inherent motivation for the task, (2) embrace continuous learning, (3) share risk with their followers, (4) adopt a lifestyle ...

For too long, women in leadership have been told to walk a tightrope between being too strong and too soft, too assertive and too accommodating. This is the Double Bind—the paradox that says if you ...