Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership and performance management. Visionary leadership combined with great management achieves the best results ...

Managers handle overall business operations and supervisors watch over employees, but leaders are all things at once, especially in a small business. When you have a role as a leader, other people in ...

Husband and wife Frank and Lillian Gilbreth pioneered scientific management principles that revolutionized how we think about workplace efficiency and human performance. Rather than accepting ...

This represents a waterfall type of approach to project planning, where one phase flows into the other. It works well for certain industries such as construction and manufacturing, but it is less ...

Henri Fayol’s management theory – the foundation of administrative management – offers a timeless framework of 14 principles that continue to shape business leadership today. This foundational model ...