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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 ...
Why don’t leaders talk about their personal values more often? Our values are a huge part of who we are as leaders. They are behind every decision we make — causing them to be an important element of our leadership. But if they are so vital, why is it so difficult to talk about them in a public sett...
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...
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,...
This is the 52 nd “Tip of the Week” I have written. I wanted to use this important milestone piece to highlight one of the most important lessons I learned over the last year: “ Don’t be afraid to be great. ” Leadership development needs to be aspirational; that is why we constantly challenge our st...
  The Bigs Project: Inspiring Students To Take Charge and Become Excited About Their Careers There has been growing concern among managers and industry leaders that students are leaving their high schools unprepared for the working world. Ryan Smith, chief executive officer (CEO) of the research and...
The following is based on a true story. Some details, including names and context, have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals. Joe Gleason vividly recalls the first time he met with his boss – Clyde Lally – after Joe was hired for a sales manager position. Joe couldn’t have been more ex...
Dr. Timothy Judge and his team at Fisher Leadership Initiative of the Ohio State University recently conducted a leadership landscape survey on 58 leadership scholars. One of the survey questions asked participants to write down as many as 8 findings that they believe we have learned from the 100-ye...