As an aspiring executive, you need to learn early on what the essential traits are if you are going to become an effective leader. Leadership skills are more than just knowing the latest information from the top thought leaders in the industry; it’s about how…

We’ve all seen it: a management position opens up at work, and a colleague is promoted into it without having any formal leadership training. Those of us who have seen this happen more than a few times know that a newly minted manager’s chances for…