Turning Today’s Adversities into Tomorrow’s Successes

Who doesn’t know a story of someone who came back from terrible adversity to build remarkable success? In America especially a mythos has grown up around such stories—the penniless immigrant makes millions within a few years, the orphan in the street goes on to become a captain of industry. Of course, most people [...]

A Quick Summary on How to Lead with Your Heart

As its longtime CEO, Cass Wheeler has helped to build the American Heart Association into one of the most respected nonprofits in the world. In his book You’ve Gotta Have Heart: Achieving Purpose Beyond Profit in the Social Sector, he shares the secrets to AHA’s success and inspires readers to make their nonprofit organizations the [...]

Want to be a better leader? Watch your language.

Every CEO, manager, or supervisor I’ve ever met has had the same goal: improving the organization and those in it. Some of the solutions can be quite complicated. Here is a simple one: Replace your negative language with positive words that are powerful, authoritative and strategic.
The problem is that most managers and leaders, mindlessly, [...]

David Silverman’s Worst Boss Ever

The following is David Silverman’s imagined manifesto for terrible bosses everywhere. It is excerpted with permission from The Start-Up Diaries.
1. Change your mind. Change it several times a day. When reviewing a report, be sure to make comments that run counter to previous ones. Leave the employees guessing. It keeps them alert.
2. Be sure your [...]