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 ...

A century of research on the psychology of leadership has discovered the behaviors that can differentiate good and bad leaders. Let’s start with the tell-tale signs of bad leadership, show how a ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...