The heading of my musings on leadership this post is a South African proverb.  It's a good thing to think about on this first business day of the year. The start of a new year gives you a chance to throw out the old and begin fresh.  All too often we...

It never ceases to amaze me how if you aim your attention at something you suddenly discover that thing in many places.  For example, last post, The Power of Why, I talked about emotion and gut feel as the underlying driver of decisions.  Next thing I know, I'm seeing things...

We all know that when your gut makes a decision it's usually much better than when your head does.  I've listened to many people talk about how they decided to do things. Oten they mention that they thought about it too much and came to a bad decision.  Rarely...

We are overwhelmed.  There is no respite anywhere.  Now even airplanes, the last refuge from continuous connection, are installing internet service.  That old saying "I can't hear myself think" is the new normal rather than a sometimes occurrence. I've thought about this quite a bit over the years as I've...

Many of us have always thought that if your employees are happy, everything goes better all day.  You might have noticed that we even incorporated this into the Benari motto: Pay Attention · Add Value · Have Fun.  According to recent research by Dr Nancy Rothbard of my very own Wharton School,...

You might have heard about the child abuse allegations swirling around the football coaching staff of Penn State.  As someone who is from Pennsylvania, lives in Pennsylvania, and has hoards of friends and acquaintances who positively glow when they talk about Penn State...not to mention a client who has...

Sometimes you just have nothing to say.  Nothing to add to the ongoing dialogue, no facts that help with the decision under discussion, no new ideas to move things forward.  No ideas at all.  Rarely am I at a loss for something to add but I find myself with nothing...

For many years we've all known that a few incompetent or disruptive employees can hurt morale for all.  This is why I've always advised managers to get rid of these people even if they think they're irreplaceable...which no one really is.  Now there's research showing it's even worse than...