Intelligence? Some of the most successful executives were average students. Competitiveness? Conference rooms don't need any more locker room-style pep talks. Wiliness? Bosses need to inspire trust.

If you look at all the problems in the world, the solutions nearly all boil down to just one thing: understanding. American educator and author, Stephen Covey, put it best: “We should seek first to ...

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you,” wrote the philosopher ...