Finding a role model and being a role model can be important steps in your career, particularly in the civilian sector. Have you ever had a role model? Someone in your unit, platoon or squadron?

An analysis of the effect role models have on students' motivation in studying STEM subjects points to new ways to deploy these leaders in order to encourage learning across different populations. The ...

I’m exhausted from being a role model for little girls everywhere! To be fair, I’m not one. But still—the idea of anyone considering me their role model is stressful. I don’t want to be a role model, ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — November is National Inspirational Role Models Month. When we think of role models, we tend to think of celebrities, athletes, and public figures. But, role models can be an ...

A high school student in Bangladesh disagreed with my position that motivation — ongoing motivation — is the result of effort. “Can’t I be inspired by someone like Elon Musk?” he wrote me. “Wouldn’t ...

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a behavioral statistician sharing my research in leadership development. Hand holding magnifier glass to searching red human ...