When we talk about leadership development, the focus is often on people skills, communications skills, vision, intelligence, business acumen, even boldness. Yet none of that will make a leader without the foundational leadership quality of good character.

Results show that both women and men react more negatively to criticism if it comes from a woman.

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In this Q&A contributing editor of our Strategy & Leadership journal Brian Leavy, asks leadership guru Prof Finkelstein what it is exactly that makes a superboss ‘super’ and finds out why it really is all about the people when it comes to leadership success.

Diversity in the workplace has been considered to be one of the most crucial essentials to a thriving, dynamic, and productive business.

Women comprise about 47% of the U.S. workforce, yet they make up barely a quarter of all senior executives at large U.S. public companies. Even worse, only about 5% of Standard & Poor’s 500 companies have female CEOs.

Servant leadership is viewed as a more authentic approach to genuinely address the needs of the followers.

In rural and “Rust Belt” America, “doing” jobs in industries like farming, warehouse work, and manufacturing can greatly outnumber “thinking” jobs.

Although the majority of people at the top of organizations are men, studies show that it is actually women who have what it takes to effectively lead.

While certainly equal in aptitude and ability, it’s widely acknowledged that there are certain personality differences between men and women.

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