The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Innovation and boldness are ...

I don’t know about you, but as a business owner I am worried a lot of the time. While I am setting bold growth targets and plans I am still thinking about the responsibility of the employees that ...

To all the shy girls out there — Lorde gets it. The singer-songwriter, 24, opened up in an interview with Variety for their Power of Women issue about what it's like navigating through the music ...

In an ever-changing global landscape, the ability to take calculated risks, challenge conventional wisdom and blaze new trails is more than just a skill, it is a fundamental philosophy that defines ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Being a leader comes with a lot of challenges, but ultimately, one of the most important assets that a leader can have is the ability to ...

What does being bold mean to you? I had spent most of my life thinking it was the world’s job to understand me, when really the job was for me to learn who I was first and truly understand who I am, ...

The world of business today is extremely competitive, and to stand out from the crowd, leaders need to have the courage to be bold. Boldness in leadership is about taking risks, making tough decisions ...

I just spent three days at a conference where the theme was being bold. It was run by a foundation I was honored by, a foundation where I am now a grantee. It is a foundation that has style, panache, ...

What do you think are the essential qualities that contribute to a person's success in life? Most people might answer passion, integrity, optimism, drive and intelligence. As an entrepreneur, I might ...

If you work in retail, most of the time you can only dream of a day off on Black Friday to spend with friends and family exploring the outdoors. But at REI, unique perks like this are par for the ...

"It's hard for me — I'm shy, I'm a shy girl. But, you always regret not being bold, and you very rarely regret toughening up and doing it," Lorde said to Variety To all the shy girls out there — Lorde ...