If you're a boss, you know that every day is a challenge to do better. Make your most important things the first things you do. << MORE >>

Legend favors the lone genius and tends to overlook teams of innovators and the people who make them effective.<< MORE >>

If you're a boss, you know that every day is a challenge to do better. Stay in touch with people who used to work with you.<< MORE >>

Every week I select five excellent posts from the week's independent business blogs. This week, I'm pointing you to posts on the 6 passages of management and leadership, coaching, better meetings, asking whether you need one more "C" in the suite, and how happiness and engagement are not the same.<< MORE >>

If you're a boss, you know that every day is a challenge to do better. Thinking big is good sometimes, but there are lots of times as a boss when you want to think small. << MORE >>

Studying individual leaders is a great way to learn about leadership. Think of each article as a mini-case study in leadership. This week I'm pointing you to posts by and about Jeffrey T. Housenbold, Admiral Mike Mullen, Deborah Farrington, and Fred Smith.<< MORE >>

If you're a boss, you know that every day is a challenge to do better. Remember that everything you say and everything you do is being observed. << MORE >>

Yahoo's CEO is gone, for lying about his academic credentials. Some commentators think the lying was small potatoes and not worth getting excited about. Others thought the CEO should be treated like any other employee. Both are wrong. << MORE >>

If you're a boss, you know that every day is a challenge to do better. Your company has rules and a culture. Don't fight them.<< MORE >>

Here are five choice articles from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms to start off your work week. I'm pointing you to articles about Mark Zuckerberg, CEO pay, declining employee loyalty, your future workforce, and differentiation strategy and reality. << MORE >>