Peter Bregman, on what today’s business leaders need to succeed

 Peter Bregman, the CEO of Bregman Partners, has served as an adviser to leadership teams at some of the world’s best-known organizations, including Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, JP Morgan Chase, Victoria’s Secret, Converse and Katz … [Read more...]

Why Leaders Should Try to Be Overwhelmed

This was the fourth day of our five days together, and we were swirling in chaos. There were almost thirty of us in a small room as part of Ann Bradney's leadership workshop I wrote about last week. Sara* was on the floor, cradling the arm and … [Read more...]

Why Leaders Must Feel Pain

I was on a plane, flying back to New York from California where I'd spent the week in an intense workshop, The Radically Alive Leader, led by Ann Bradney. In the aisle across from me, a mother was sitting with her two daughters, one about five … [Read more...]

What happens when the wrong people get deported

 Peter Bregman Special to AC360° When 11 Christian clergy get arrested in New York City for a non violent protest, it may be worth, at the very least, raising an eyebrow. But when 1,300 petitioners and 50 organizations, including theNew … [Read more...]

The Right Speech to Make This Year

In 2008, Marc, the CEO of a 100-person software development company, decided not to have a company holiday party. What was there to celebrate? Companies around them had crashed and burned. Clients were skittish. Sales in the last two quarters had … [Read more...]

Personal Branding Interview: Peter Bregman

Today, I (Dan Schawbel) spoke to Peter Bregman, who is the author of Point B, a consultant and blogger at Harvard Business School Publishing.  In this interview, Peter talks to us about leadership in corporations, how people change … [Read more...]

How to Fly Over Recessionary Obstacles

Win, my mountain biking partner, and I looked down the ten-foot drop. "Should be fun," he said as we backed away from the edge and climbed up the hill to get some runway. I wasn't so sure. He climbed on his bike, pedaled to get a little speed, … [Read more...]

Living in an Uncertain World

 "I can't keep doing this!" My friend, we'll call her Helen, was complaining about her work. It had been a while since I had last seen her—before the most recent downturn—and she was definitely worse for the wear. … [Read more...]