In Praise of Middle Managers. They've been cast as inflexible, inimaginative bureaucrats who don't add any real value to organizations. But when it comes to implementing radical change, middle managers may actually be executives' strongest allies. Read why.

The Weird Rules of Creativity. To most experienced executives, managing creativity doesn't look at all like rational management. The practices go beyond counterintuitive; they seem downright strange. And here's what's really weird: Many companies and teams are using these practices with great results.

We don't need another hero. Caped crusaders need not apply to take on the majority of difficult human problems in business. Learn the four secrets of how quiet leaders, working far from the limelight, achieve miracles of compromise for their own good and the good of their companies.