can I signal to my employee that I know the management above me sucks?
A manager weighs how to acknowledge dysfunctional upper leadership without undermining the organization.
Your Employees Are Watching How You Use PTO More Than What the Handbook Says
Employees watch whether executives actually take PTO, exposing a gap between stated policy and modeled behavior.
Your high performer is checked out. Now what?
When a top performer disengages, leaders must act quickly before quiet departure becomes permanent talent loss.
Nearly 1 in 3 Workers Admit Sabotaging Their Company’s AI—Here’s Why
Nearly one in three workers admit actively sabotaging AI tools, exposing a serious change management failure for leaders.
Don’t Let AI Flatten Your Leadership Style
HBR warns executives that over-relying on AI communication tools risks erasing the individual voice that builds trust.
Research: Employees from Lower-Class Backgrounds Negotiate Less—and Face More Backlash
HBR research finds employees from lower-class backgrounds negotiate less and face more backlash when they do.
AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot
Leaders who over-trust AI judgment risk a new blind spot that undermines critical thinking and team accountability.
my problem employee complained to the EEOC
An EEOC complaint from a problem employee forces managers to examine documentation, process, and legal exposure.
Big Companies Are Starting to Hire Again, Defying Predictions of AI Wipeout
Large companies are resuming hiring despite AI disruption fears, signaling a more stable talent market.
Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?
McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.
A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics
MIT Sloan introduces a fresh framework for diagnosing and repairing dysfunctional team dynamics.
Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired
Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.
How Leaders Unlock Innovation on the Front Lines
Leaders who build psychological safety and autonomy unlock far more front-line innovation than top-down mandates.
Air Canada Picks Outsider as Next CEO to Rebuild Trust After Video Fallout
Air Canada's choice of an outside CEO after a trust crisis signals how boards use leadership hires to signal accountability.
The operating model advantage: Why AI winners are rewiring their organizations
McKinsey finds AI winners are rewiring operating models, not just deploying tools — a strategic framing shift for executives.
Goldman Sachs CEO says he’d hire someone ‘smart enough’ over the smartest person in the world because ultimately experience trumps brains
Goldman's CEO says practical experience and coachability outweigh raw intelligence in hiring decisions.
Bending Spoons only hired 0.04% from its 800,000 job applications last year—its CEO says its cutthroat hiring process is unlike ‘useless’ interviews
One company's extreme selectivity in hiring challenges conventional wisdom about what interview processes should accomplish.
Flexible working hasn’t disappeared, it’s matured
New data shows flexible work norms have stabilized into a mature model rather than retreating or expanding further.
Hiring sees a fundamental shift, from credentials to capabilities
Hiring is shifting fundamentally from credential screening to capability assessment, reshaping talent acquisition.
‘Can a machine do this job?’ is the wrong question
Reframing AI job displacement away from task replacement opens more useful strategic conversations for leaders.