When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said blew my mind. The guy (let’s call him Jim) was an ...

A 2023 State of American Men report from Equimundo found that two-thirds of surveyed men between ages 18 and 23 say "no one really knows me," and in a 2021 study by the Survey Center on American Life, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Exec coach & former Microsoft CFO. Writes on leadership. Most senior executives have an intuitive sense of their core values—but ...

In an earlier post on values and personality, I explained why values could be considered a type of personality trait. Personality traits are typically defined as "consistent patterns of thoughts, ...

Core values are the equivalent of the rules of a sport: It would not be a sport if there were no rules. Atlassian has had the same five core values since Scott Farquhar discovered them three years ...

Career advice often revolves around three big ideas: define your values, follow your passion and find your purpose. But as Irina Cozma writes in the Harvard Business Review, “We all know following ...

While differences aren’t bad for healthy relationships, there remains certain things that you cannot afford to disagree on. The differences partners have in behavior, character and features often make ...