Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about uniting core values and relationships with work. Perceptions matter in the workplace more than they should and this ...

Patrick Murphy is an executive coach based in New York City and owner of Project Murphy LLC, a boutique leadership development firm. For empathetic and naturally big-hearted leaders, sometimes doing ...

When teaching my students about psychological defenses, many of them have a good understanding of the superiority complex. They easily describe the school bully, who enacts a type of superiority in ...

Many years ago we had staying with us a clergyman to whom I listened with close attention. One day he spoke of someone as “having the rare grace of humility.” I think he must have meant that this ...

Around the globe, hundreds of millions have been celebrating Holy Week and Easter, a time each year that Christians commemorate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the spirit of ...

From a young age, my father impressed on me the importance of being humble. I learned the lesson so well, in fact, that for many years, when someone would compliment me, I would disagree with them. If ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Humility is at the heart of good leadership. Commit ...

You know the type. In meetings with the boss, your co-worker is deferential and winsome, but back in the office he’s full of bluster and condescension for all around him. In public, he wears humility ...

Humility is underrated. As a virtue, it requires taking a modest view of one’s own importance. This doesn’t sound much like a leadership quality. It is, however, widely accepted as the one leadership ...

Look up “humility” and the online dictionary says “The state or character of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement.” Now look ...

Among spiritual qualities, why is humility one of the hardest to practice and yet probably the easiest to imitate? Why do so many politicians and clergy insist that they work not for themselves but ...