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Informal leadership is the concept of leading without any formal authority from the organization (boss, coach, captain and so forth). I’ve long been fascinated by how we lead - or simply influence - others when we don’t have the formal title of leader. Most of us have daily opportunities for informa...
Matt Mallory Matt Mallory currently leads the Talent Development team at Bread Finanical in Columbus, Ohio. He publishes a blog of curated content each week called Monday Motivation, which touches upon timely and relevant topics related to leadership, self-discovery and career evolution. He holds a ...
Dr. Corinne Post Corinne Post is a management professor and department chair. She earned a doctorate in organization management at Rutgers Business School, a master’s in international management at University of Lausanne, Switzerland and a bachelor’s in organization management at University of G...
Several years back, I had a comment on one of my articles that I will never forget. The reader said, “Being an employee of several different companies, I can honestly say that I’ve felt like nothing more than a line item on a spreadsheet somewhere that an accountant is desperately trying to elimina...
Bob Wiggins Bob Wiggins, a recent transplant to Columbus, Ohio, is the chairman and CEO of RedBud SoftWare. He is an entrepreneur, lawyer and investor in early-stage companies. He served as a member of the management team (and ultimately as president) of BLT Technologies, Inc., an angel-financed com...
Kaifeng Jiang Kaifeng Jiang is an associate professor of management and human resources at Fisher College of Business He received his PhD in industrial relations and human resources from Rutgers University in 2013. He also got his bachelor's and master's degrees in Human Resource Management from Re...
Leadership is an interesting thing. From an outsiders point of view, usually the loudest voice is coming from the leader of the group. While sometimes that is true, it’s not always the case. From my experience as a competitor and now a coach, the loudest isn’t always the best. What gets people to fo...
A leadership team with whom I worked had a system for keeping close tabs on how they were doing against the competition and rallying their teams around crushing their opponents. The only problem: That competitor they were targeting was actually another division of the same company, and those opponen...
It's rivalry week. The week of the college football year when rival schools play each other for a year’s worth of bragging rights. This Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes will host the Michigan Wolverines in a game that is considered the biggest rivalry in American sports. The annual game is so big, ...
JD Bergman JD Bergman reached the pinnacle of success only after heartbreaking near misses and perceived failures that defined an otherwise stellar early career. A first team all-state high school running back and multiple state wrestling champion who enjoyed great success as an Ohio State wrestler,...