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Are You Vain Enough to Get Ahead?
The Wall Street Journal: You don’t have to be a total narcissist to be a successful executive – but a solid dash of ego can help. Self-aggrandizing individuals with a need for impact and power
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Bringing Hidden Biases Into the Light
The Wall Street Journal: Everyone has hidden biases. For Denise Russell Fleming, a vice president at BAE Systems Inc., they include overlooking quieter colleagues during meetings. “I may have not made the best decisions” because
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Is Narcissism Essential for Success?
While narcissists are likely to garner leadership positions, there’s no evidence of a link between narcissism and a leader’s success.
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Can Having a Foreign Accent Hurt Your Career?
English is increasingly considered to be the global language of business. But people who speak it as a second language are generally passed over for top managerial jobs and executive positions, studies have shown. New
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The Open-Office Trap
The New Yorker: In 1973, my high school, Acton-Boxborough Regional, in Acton, Massachusetts, moved to a sprawling brick building at the foot of a hill. Inspired by architectural trends of the preceding decade, the classrooms
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The Perils of Performance Appraisals
Performance appraisals are sold as a tool to not only praise good work, but to help employees improve on their shortcomings. But often, the worker simply views the criticism as a proverbial slap across the
