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...]
















