Leadership qualities are essential for the success of anybody who is in a leadership role. Without the right leadership qualities, it is impossible to hold and manage a leadership position. Proper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, author & keynote speaker. While my expertise is in customer service and CX, I was ...

A team is only as great as its leader. Discover the core traits of effective leaders that you should be striving for. Great leaders inspire teams through visionary thinking, empathy, emotional ...

The following submission from Robert I. Grossman, MD has been lightly edited. We know from history, and sometimes from personal experience, that the importance of leadership cannot be overstated.

When a leading research team began tracking results of privately held industry companies, a great deal of data was collected, analyzed, and compared. They began to look for patterns of performance ...

Good leadership characteristics are being rethought in today’s corporate world. There is a growing consensus that empathy is a key leadership quality, alongside more conventional ones like ...

Good leadership is not just about being effective, but also requires concern for the welfare and well-being of followers. Critical to this is the virtue of humanity. In a recent publication, our team ...

Leadership begins with one person—the leader. A thousand people may be led or a dozen management skills exercised, but ultimately the leadership equation may be reduced to a lone person, one ...

After 20+ years as a CEO, my definition of “leader” has evolved over time, but in this article, I share what I consider to be the essentials when it comes to being a positive, compassionate leader.

The series exploring key characteristics of leadership tackles the pitfall of hubris, with an experienced executive weighing in with advice.

If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will say, “I like what that person is doing. I’m going to follow him.” J. Richard Chase Leadership ...