Trust is earned drop by drop, but lost like a kicked-over bucket. It's not often that one sentence forms such a clear picture in your head. Every exchange or conversation you have either fosters trust or erodes it. Protect your credibility.

Quitting can be seen as accepting failure or defeat. Perseverance and resilience are great mindsets for overcoming challenges. But sometimes, determination can trap us into losing positions instead of reassessing our situation and changing course.

Spend this Christmas with your family and try to really be present and listen. Here are three tips that help you with listening:

When you want to learn anything, you have to cover the basics first. To advance, you need to do the basics well. This is the same in any area or skill, even in leadership. Here are 4 leadership basics from 2 retired Navy SEAL officers.