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Leadership isn’t just about vision or charisma—it’s about navigating complexity, decoding resistance, and making decisions when the stakes are high and the answers aren’t obvious. Katie Best, author ...

Many project leaders take a top-down approach to problem-solving and decision-making. This may be adequate for some technical situations, but most project problems and conflicts result from a lack of ...

Think about the leaders you’ve respected most. Chances are, they weren’t the ones who always had the answers, but the ones who knew when to guide and when to step back. Leadership today isn’t just ...

Many leaders default to quick fixes — but some problems can’t be solved, only led. Here’s how to spot the difference and stop wasting time, energy and trust. Not all problems need quick fixes — some ...

I begin by listing four quite striking, possibly counterintuitive findings from research on problem solving. 1. People who show the symptoms of ADHD—notably, a tendency to be easily distracted from ...

Looking at challenges outside of your own company can lead to powerful change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She ...

Stefan Raos is the general manager at Moderna Canada. Leslie Madden is the head of government affairs and policy at Moderna Canada. We all carry our experiences into the workplace. They shape how we ...