For almost eight years, I have shared with my Business Journal readers leadership principles learned as I rose to the position of CEO of a global company and served as a director on numerous boards.

The following is an excerpt from the new book, Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership by Susan S. Freeman, available now at Entrepreneur Bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ...

Effective leadership is the cornerstone of every organization. Without the vision and motivation it provides, workplace culture can flounder. It becomes challenging to foster direction, alignment and ...

Despite the importance of leadership in companies today, the evidence pointing to its absence is alarming. A staggering 77% of organizations report gaps in leadership. It's no wonder that just 20% of ...

Be present, and show your team that you’re in it with them. When you see or hear something that’s not right, go and actually take a look at what’s going on. Manage the task, not the person.

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