Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. According to recent studies, as many as 82% of American ...

A century of research on the psychology of leadership has discovered the behaviors that can differentiate good and bad leaders. Let’s start with the tell-tale signs of bad leadership, show how a ...

These signs defeat the purpose of calling someone a ‘leader.’ The evidence is overwhelming: bad leadership doesn’t just frustrate people It actively damages both individuals and organizations. The ...

Whether they realize it or not, political, professional, and community leaders often use psychology to influence and control their followers. Both good and bad leaders can use psychological devices to ...

At the moment, confidence in leadership is at an all time low, according to the 2024 Leadership Confidence Index. It’s ...

Understanding why leaders fall to the dark side requires a multidimensional perspective that considers individual psychology, workplace culture and systemic structures. Leadership is often idealized ...

There are people within the leadership value chain that I call the “focal-point leaders”. Examples of focal point leaders include: The President, the Governors, the Chief Judge of the Federation, the ...

Leadership isn’t about who speaks the loudest—it’s about who understands the most. Neither is leadership about holding on to people, but about growing them. The true measure of a leader is not how ...