For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.
From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.
When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.
Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another barrier to progress that hasn't been addressed: Many men who would like to see more women leaders are afraid to sp...
I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.
Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them inst...
When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of long hours and devastating health outcomes: they know their colleagues and patients are depending on the...
If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that...
In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.
As Chris Granger, executive vice president at the NBA, explains, "Talented people are attracted to those who care about them. When you help someone get promoted out of your team, it's a short-term los...
Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email....
The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.
When people are depending on us, we end up finding strength we didn't know we had.
From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, i...
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