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Bruce Tulgan, JD

About

Bruce Tulgan, JD, is the author of It’s Okay to Be the Boss and the CEO of RainmakerThinking, a management research, consulting and training firm he founded in 1993. All of his work is based on 27 years of intensive workplace interviews and has been featured in thousands of news stories around the world. His new book is The Art of Being Indispensable at Work (Harvard Business Review Press.)

Recent Posts
5 Steps to Manage Employee Performance
Failing to deal with individual performance issues on your team will lead to decreased performance for everyone, including you. Learn five steps you can take to address them.
Managers Should Focus on Superstars

Leaders who want to engage and retain the best talent must take a hands-on approach, specifically by fostering one of these types of developmental relationships.

Leaders who want to engage and retain the best talent must take a hands-on approach, specifically by fostering one of these types of developmental relationships.

New Young Managers Need These 5 Steps of Support

New managers are often given loads of additional responsibility with very little additional support. There are five ways organizations should support their new leaders.

New managers are often given loads of additional responsibility with very little additional support. There are five ways organizations should support their new leaders.

How Managers Can Improve Team Problem-Solving

Providing on-demand information can improve a team's ability to problem-solve and think critically, not hinder it.

Providing on-demand information can improve a team's ability to problem-solve and think critically, not hinder it.

The "Yes People" to Avoid at Work

A Personal Perspective: Those who always say yes aren't necessarily the most reliable workplace collaborators. There are three common types of "yes people" to avoid at work.

A Personal Perspective: Those who always say yes aren't necessarily the most reliable workplace collaborators. There are three common types of "yes people" to avoid at work.

8 Basics That Will Make You Stand Out as a Manager

Most managers are undermanaging, often without realizing it until it's too late. Practicing these 8 basics will make you stand out as a strong leader.

Most managers are undermanaging, often without realizing it until it's too late. Practicing these 8 basics will make you stand out as a strong leader.

Fifth-Generation Diversity and Why It Matters to Managers

With so much change in the conversation around workplace diversity and equity from the 1960s until today, there is a growing generational gap.

With so much change in the conversation around workplace diversity and equity from the 1960s until today, there is a growing generational gap.