Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden says this key strategy turned the company around
Adidas CEO credits a specific strategic shift for reversing the company's decline, offering a turnaround model.
60 Percent of Employees Feel Pressured to Use Workplace Bots. The Errors Are Piling Up
Sixty percent of employees feel pressured into AI tools they distrust, and errors are accumulating at work.
There Are 3 Workplace Metrics CEOs and CHROs Can’t Afford to Ignore, Research Finds
New research identifies three workforce metrics CEOs and CHROs most commonly overlook at their peril.
Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI
Multiple top CEOs now publicly predict AI will enable a three-day workweek, shaping workforce expectations.
The Axios founders on how AI ruined your inbox, why the ’90s really were different and how to succeed through ‘Simplify’
Axios founders argue AI has degraded inbox communication and that simplicity is now a strategic advantage.
Law Firms Have a Big Problem: Senior Partners Aren’t Retiring
Senior partners who won't exit create succession blockages and pipeline problems that threaten organizational renewal.
A New Buffett Takes On the Task of Preserving Berkshire Hathaway’s Culture
Berkshire's succession test spotlights the executive challenge of preserving culture after a founder departs.
Cutting the ‘coordination tax’: How agentic AI can reshape workflows
McKinsey argues agentic AI can reduce the coordination overhead that consumes executive and team bandwidth daily.
Traditional interviews are often a poor measure of ability
Research confirms traditional job interviews poorly predict performance, pressing leaders to rethink hiring processes.
Why transformations stall—and where only CEOs make the difference
McKinsey data identifies where CEO-level involvement is uniquely decisive when transformations stall.
how can I encourage my staff to bring me complaints?
Ask a Manager offers concrete tactics for creating the psychological safety employees need to surface complaints.
Spot Toxic Leadership Traits in an Interview
HBR identifies interview signals that reveal toxic leadership before a bad hire is made.
A comedian’s viral joke about Lovesac’s 24-box couch assembly wasn’t the problem. The company’s response was
Lovesac's response to a viral joke became the real crisis, illustrating how brands amplify minor moments.
AI Is Undermining Leaders’ Judgment. Here’s What to Do About It.
HBR finds AI tools are eroding executive judgment and offers concrete practices to reclaim decision-making authority.
What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay
MIT Sloan research identifies what actually keeps top employees from leaving, with direct retention implications.
Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired
Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.
A Compelling Story Can Disarm Even a Skeptical Negotiator
MIT Sloan research finds a well-constructed story can shift even resistant negotiators, a tool every executive communicator needs.
5 Ways to Make Office Days More Meaningful for Employees
Research-backed strategies help executives make in-office days genuinely worthwhile rather than obligatory and resented.
How QVC kept its cool after a live TV mishap
QVC's live TV mishap response offers a replicable model for calm, credible crisis communications in real time.
telling two employees they didn’t get a promotion but their coworker did
Handling promotion denials well requires specific messaging discipline that most managers underestimate.