Your report on the office-v-remote working issue is timely (“Coronavirus may mean lasting change in the office”, March 2). While it notes that managers were often promoted on the basis of a particular ...

Conceptual competence is about the ability to work with ideas. Leaders with conceptual skills can take abstract ideas about hierarchy or a vision of the company orientation and translate them into ...

Editor’s Note: Lisa Bodell is founder and CEO of futurethink, an innovation research and training firm that helps businesses embrace change and become world-class innovators. She is the author of ...

Theories of leadership attempt to encapsulate what makes a good leader and how to identify people who will be able to lead a company or a group effectively. One of the major theories is skills-based ...

Recently, I wrote about how the common core has caused some math teachers to move away from teaching tricks. Instead, they’re emphasizing conceptual understanding and letting students figure out the ...

“Raise your hand if you’re a leader,” I say to the students in my leadership class. Two students put their hands up, awkwardly looking around the sea of students across the room who show no intention ...

Editor’s Note: Lisa Bodell is founder and CEO of futurethink, an innovation research and training firm that helps businesses embrace change and become world-class innovators. She is the author of ...