Each time managers are showered with statuets and certificates of excellence (awarded these days by trade journals), I wonder what is at the bottom of their outstanding achievements. What is at the heart of a manager’s success? How much does he or she owe to knowledge, to hard work, to talent, or perhaps to luck? […]

Recently I wrote about the importance of asking the right questions in exercising any kind of leadership. The results of the latest parliamentary elections in Poland – surprising for some, unnerving for others and a reason to celebrate for still others – show how important it is to listen to the questions asked of the […]