Want to build a great leader? Don't start with a good person. Start with a bad person--then chisel, sandpaper and polish as necessary. Most of the modern leadership development industry is based ...

Bullies might be good at gaining power, but they make for terrible leaders.

Why do people willingly (or unwillingly) follow bad leaders? Here are several reasons.

Let me share some quotes I’ve dug up from past presidents. I think they say a lot about how fortunate Americans have been with great leaders.' ...

Bad leaders cultivate their ingroups with favors, and that makes it difficult for outsiders to identify bad leaders, or for followers to dislodge the leader from the position of power.

These books are loaded with stories and quotes from seemingly smart people. If you follow the "power up" advice, to the letter, you'll become Heisenberg the drug lord.

Why Good Leaders Fire People You may think you’re being nice when you force an employee to resign rather than fire the person. You’re not. You’re being a bad boss.

Research shows how leaders can be prone to make bad decisions Feeling powerful makes us more prone to three behavioral patterns that increase the likelihood of making poor decisions.

This broad power means leaders receive outsize amounts of attention, in which workers watch their bosses closely and intently – their behavior, words and expressions – giving them even more ...

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant says leaders are often bad judges of character even though they think they are great.