This 2025 retrospective shows that competence without character is fragile and often harmful. Character endures, sustains, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Bruce Weinstein speaks about AI ethics and ethical leadership. This article is more than 8 years old. Leaders who are ...

Exceptional organizations know that people are their most valued resource; they motivate employees and recognize excellence. The U.S. Coast Guard, in which I served for 36 years, is an organization ...

For those in highly visible leadership positions, a leadership philosophy is a powerful tool. It’s your perspective on what you believe makes a leader of character. Far more than a list of desirable ...

Do business leaders have strong enough character? That’s a critical and often overlooked question as organizations face continuing challenges to compete and excel. Having the right competencies is ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In 2024, I authored an NBJ article on what the “New ...

“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.” –Theodore Roosevelt Lack of strong leadership has become a bane in our country, Nigeria.

Throughout his now-famous “Last Lecture,” the late Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Randy Pausch talked about what he called the “head fake.” It is the idea that learning and ...