Leadership

The 5 ways CEOs should spend their time

CollegeHumor CEO Paul Greenberg describes how he learned -- the hard way -- to take a step back, relinquish some control, and let his team members lend a hand.

Making music out of your mistakes

Stomp's John Angeles talks about leading without speaking, playing through mistakes, and how to make music with trashcans.

FORTUNE -- Imagine managing a room full of people with completely different backgrounds. Now give them trashcan lids to bang while you try to communicate. Now, also, dance.

This is a simplified version of John Angeles' everyday challenge as part of the off-Broadway show Stomp. It is an extremely physical show -- performers maneuver MORE

A Disney exec who plays his own corporate villain

CFO Jay Rasulo is also in charge of the media giant's sustainability efforts. While this strategy may work at Disney, could it fly at other companies?

After Newtown: The business world's way forward

We've had the guns versus butter debate for decades, but not as deliberately as we should have, particularly outside the context of government spending. That's changing.

Lessons from a reluctant manager

How one 20-something founder struggled to find a management style that fits both her team and her personality.

By Amanda Pouchot

FORTUNE – Boss of the Year is not an award I'm vying for. Seriously. I will be thrilled if my team gets through the rest of the year in one piece.

I left my job as an analyst at McKinsey to start the Levo League last year and, at 25, was MORE

There are no superhero CEOs

Because many chief execs control so much money and we pay them so handsomely, we want to believe they deserve to be treated like stars. Most of the time, we are building ourselves up for disappointment. How to break the cycle. By Shelley DuBois

How some CEOs are trying to make a killing off the fiscal cliff

A new study shows that CEOs will reap huge financial benefits if a fiscal cliff campaign some of them are undertaking is successful. This is yet another reason it's time to raise the flag on CEO pay. By Eleanor Bloxham

The best way to give thanks at work

Bosses may think they're showing gratitude to their staff, but more often than not, those thanks are not heard or believed. How to bridge the gratitude gap. By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

Post-election: Sober leadership after the attack ads?

The presidential candidates ran campaigns that were, in many ways, fueled by divisive politics. Now that it is over, how do we recover?

FORTUNE -- It's over, thank goodness, the election is over. Americans all over the ideological map can, at least, celebrate together that the attack ads, snarky debates, and divisive narratives of this presidential race have come to an end.

The ability to agree on that, or anything, may be MORE

Beware the office downer: How to contain the bad vibes

Research suggests that negative attitudes at work stand to contaminate a company's culture. But there are a few antidotes to this problem.

FORTUNE -- Goodness knows, plenty workers have reason to complain these days. And yet, most every office has a couple people who take that right a little too liberally -- they are, as a rule obtrusively upset.

They are what management expert Rob Cross calls "de-energizers:" "The people who just MORE