by Norm Smallwood
Having a leadership brand that conveys your identity and distinctiveness as a leader can enable you to generate maximum value and impact in your work. 

by Jon Younger
Many in HR regard internal line managers as their customers, but can HR deliver true value to line managers without a good perspective of their customers?

by Cord Cooper
In uncertain times, top firms hedge their bets. They strengthen their talent base. They build leaders at all levels.

2010 Axiom Business Book Awards: HR Transformation wins silver in the Human Resources/Employee Training category and The Leadership Code wins silver in the Leadership category.

by Dave Hanna
A lesson in how to win at innovation in even the most traditional company—and then how to crush that innovation.

by Cord Cooper
Especially in tough times, execs must build workers’ trust. A sure way to send the wrong message — go in disguise to get information like top guns on the CBS reality show “Undercover Boss.”

by Norm Smallwood
According to the 2009 Top Companies for Leaders research, shifts in leadership development are occurring as other countries chip away at American and European dominance.

by Jon Younger
Having happy employees who are engaged in their work is only half of it—they also have to be engaged with customers and committed to making them happy.

by Rajlakshmi Saikia Bhimwal
This article gets Dave Ulrich and other HR thought leaders views on where the HR profession is today.

by Andrew R. McIlvaine
HR experts from around the country devised a reading list for today’s aspiring HR leaders. These are books they think are the most meaningful and offer the most insight into the HR profession.