Why Great Turnarounds Start with Culture, Not Strategy
HBR research finds organizational turnarounds succeed when leaders fix culture first, before revising strategy.
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.
A Newer Hire Got Promoted Over Senior Staff. Here’s How to Handle the Fallout
Promoting a newer hire over senior staff requires deliberate communication to prevent morale and trust damage.
Don’t Let AI Flatten Your Leadership Style
HBR warns that over-reliance on AI for communication risks homogenizing and weakening a leader's authentic voice.
AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot
Fast Company identifies AI psychosis — uncritical over-trust in AI outputs — as an emerging leadership blind spot.
my very anxious employee keeps making mistakes but I don’t want to upset her
Ask a Manager examines how leaders can manage an anxious underperformer without triggering more dysfunction.
How AI turned your best work into the bare minimum
AI is resetting performance baselines, creating new pressure on employees and the leaders who evaluate them.
The Elusiveness of Merit-Based Hiring
MIT Sloan research finds merit-based hiring remains elusive in practice, exposing bias risks leaders often underestimate.
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.
Your high performer is checked out. Now what?
When a top performer disengages, leaders must act quickly before quiet departure becomes permanent talent loss.
Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?
McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.
Workers have accepted AI – now employers need to help them make the most of it
New data shows workers have largely accepted AI tools, shifting responsibility to employers to enable effective use.
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 can I be more patient with a frustrating employee?
Managing frustration with a difficult employee is a universal leadership challenge with real coaching implications.
The CEO’s role in transformation
McKinsey research clarifies what CEOs must personally own to lead successful organizational transformation.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.