Leadership Matters

Global employment agency exec dishes on how to develop a team of superstars

A nationwide leadership speaker says holding people accountable — with support, not intimidation — is the best way to build high-performing teams.

By Mark Gordon
| 5:00 a.m. November 13, 2025

Leadership

Art Atkinson recalls a time, several decades ago, where he got a new boss at the employment agency worked for. He had been working on a project and sent some of his work updates to a previous manager at the company. But not all of the materials filtered down to the new person. One included a question about an expense account. Atkinson thought the previous people with the project were still working it — not the new person.