Task orientation and employee orientation are the two general components of the Blake Mouton Managerial Grid, a model of leadership Robert Blake and Jane Mouton developed in the early 1960s. This ...

True leaders realize there is always room for improvement. Recognizing that you are a task-oriented leader means you have already taken the important first steps to analyze your own leadership style.

What factors influence the types of goals we set? Will I aim to excel or just get by? Of course, both person and situation variables interact in the process of goal setting. This recent study helps us ...

There is a fundamental choice that leaders make–consciously or unconsciously–when leading people. You either lean toward orienting around tasks or prioritize supporting people. Understanding how these ...

This article is excerpted from Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition, copyright O’Reilly Media, 2007. Used with permission from the publisher. Listen to a Computerworld.com ...

What sort of leader are you? Do you think leading is all about a laser-like focus on the task, watching the bottom line and making sure everyone is doing what they should? Or is it about listening to ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

If a student wants to earn an A in a class, the best way to do that might not involve concentrating on the grade at all. Instead, students should set their goals on the shorter-term, more tangible ...

What factors influence the types of goals we set? Will I aim to excel or just get by? Of course, both person and situation variables interact in the process of goal setting. This recent study helps us ...