In recent years there has been a lot of talk (and significant research evidence) that high-level leaders who possess “humility” are more successful than those who lack it. Indeed, leaders who are at ...

What is humility? It’s not humiliation, nor groveling, nor subordination. It manifests in truthful self-perception, honest self-other relations and is about deep connection to others. In a recent ...

The musician bows reverentially, as the audience breaks out in deafening applause. As they rise to give him a standing ovation, the maestro bows even lower, as if seeking their blessings. Can a music ...

In a world where power and authority are often equated with loudness and assertiveness, the quiet strength of humility stands in stark contrast. True leadership, marked by humility, is a powerful ...

When I was four, I was asked to leave my ballet class. I had such confidence in my own dancing powers, based solely on hours of prancing ineptly around my sitting room to Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. For several weeks now on The Minefield, we have explored certain ‘unfashionable virtues’– habits or ...

To engage humbly does not mean to suspend critique but instead means to critique without having the arrogance of certainty ...

Autobiographies of great Nigerians, most of the time, abound in anecdotes. With humility, I am always proud to say that I had my foundational education in Ile-Ogbo, my village in Osun State, Nigeria, ...