I am a retired railroad civil engineer who started in 1966 and worked for the Southern Pacific, Southern California Regional Rail Authority and five consulting firms, plus three years in the U.S. Army ...

The words “leadership” and “management” are often used interchangeably in business operations today. While the responsibilities of leaders and managers can overlap at times and both roles are ...

Empower managers with autonomy and big-picture projects to foster leadership thinking. Invest in emotional intelligence and strategic training to build future leaders’ key skills. Model integrity and ...

Recognize the distinction between a strong leader and a disciplined manager, as they require different skill sets and approaches for business success. Acknowledge your own limitations and blind spots, ...

Confusion about product leaders’ role and value persists. Most often, those outside of product conflate product leaders with their project management counterparts. While there is an overlap in general ...

If your first thought upon seeing this headline was, "What's the difference?" then I'm really glad you're reading this. Too often, the lines between being a manager and leader are so ill-defined that ...

If you were asked to imagine a manager, you might well conjure up someone comically boring, desk-bound and monotonal. Now do the same for a leader. You may well be picturing someone delivering a ...

New report reveals why projects continue to fall short of expectations and what differentiates high-performing firms from the ...

Product and project leads aren’t the same, but your business needs both. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked, “So, you’re a project manager?” I’d… probably not be a wealthy woman, but I’d ...