Leadership is about much more than issuing orders or delegating tasks. One of your most essential roles as a leader is to serve as a role model. Your team is constantly observing how you conduct ...

My first summer at Jewish camp was back in 1994. In a move a bit out of character, I returned home from school one day begging my parents to send me to camp. And while my family supported this choice, ...

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One of the first sentences a CEO said to me when we started working together was this: "My team respects me, but they don’t really come to me." I didn’t answer immediately. We stayed with it for a ...

Pierrick Bouffaron, Operating Partner for Entropia Capital, a global investor in technology with offices in Hong Kong, Luxembourg and NYC. In today's world, role models are those we can easily relate ...

“Being a role model is the most important kind of educating.” —John Wooden In June 2025, shortly after the NBA Finals, journalists interviewed Vaughn Alexander, the father of Oklahoma City Thunder ...

Justin Bieber had his “One Less Lonely Girl.” Charli XCX has her designated “Apple” dancer. Sabrina Carpenter has her fuzzy pink handcuffs. And now, the viral pop-concert trend filling everyone’s ...