Management - Leadership

Now is the time to begin work on your 2025 business plan. Dave Coffaro offers nine questions to consider to plan for success.

Dear Madeleine, I manage a large team of accounting professionals for a company of about 4800 employees. I have worked very hard to create a great team, and I have excellent, dedicated people. My problem is our payroll manager (PM). He is generally very easy-going and a hard worker. He is a whiz at working…

How middle managers can perfect the art of influence and have hard conversations on tough issues like RTO and support teams.

AI adoption could stagnate without effective change leadership. Three questions and three actions help workplaces realize the benefits of AI.

The best managers are constantly improving. But leadership development often takes a backseat to day-to-day tasks, leaving new managers, especially, in limbo.

Discover the top 10 qualities every leader should look for in their team members, from a positive attitude to innovation and integrity. Uncover how these traits impact individual success and the overall health of your organization. Learn how to recognize and nurture these essential qualities in your employees.

Enhance your management skills with supervisory skills training. Learn how to drive productivity, motivate teams, and foster a positive work culture.

Why retiring a no-longer-helpful label is crucial to making better hiring choices. Here’s a little thought exercise: Suppose Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation, and the Stanford Research Center all got together to find out what exactly made a person successful at work. Suppose they discovered that we had two complementary skill sets. One accounted for about 15% of one’s ability to succeed at work, and the other accounted fo

It's not about controlling the employees, it's about learning to trust them to do the work that you hired them to do.

Whether you’re experiencing ‘quiet firing’ or being demoted, it feels awful to no longer be wanted at your job. Here’s what to do. Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions.

Discover the legacy of James Earl Jones, celebrated for iconic roles such as Darth Vader and Mufasa. Reflect on his profound leadership quotes and the indelible impact he made on the film industry before his passing on September 9th, 2024. Join us in honoring his wisdom and contributions.

Explore popular examples of grievances at work that range from issues with pay and benefits to feeling overworked and how they impact workplace relationships.

Leverage our guide to set strategic 30-60-90 day leadership roadmaps that help new leaders grow confidently and contribute effectively in their initial months.

actionable framework for building mental fortitude, goal focus, and decision-making muscles—all essential traits for thriving in leadership roles. One of the more surprising revelations he shares is that confidence isn’t about eliminating doubt but learning to manage it.

But when an organization’s culture is negative and dysfunctional, it has the opposite effect. A study from MIT/Sloan found that a toxic culture is by far the strongest predictor of employee attrition.

Signs that an organization needs to evolve its culture can be obvious — business results are suffering, employees are leaving, or recruitment has become difficult.

Flip the script with "10 Qualities Team Members Should Expect From Their Leaders" – a guide to becoming a leader your team needs. Explore attentiveness, supportiveness, a growth mindset, empathy, open-mindedness, self-awareness, humility, integrity, presence, and resilience. Lead better, lead stronger.

The 2024 Work Trend Index reveals organizations need to move beyond experimentation and drive growth, manage costs, and deliver value with broad adoption of AI.

These are traits of emotional intelligence you cannot ignore on the job.

Learn how to recognize and address coercive control at work to improve your job performance and mental health while helping create a supportive environment.