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Monday, August 3, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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Ask a Manager 48 min ago

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.

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Inc. 4h ago

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.

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Fast Company yesterday

Your high performer is checked out. Now what?

When a top performer disengages, leaders must act quickly before quiet departure becomes permanent talent loss.

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Inc. yesterday

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.

HBR
Harvard Business Review 5h ago

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.

HBR
Harvard Business Review 5h ago

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.

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Fast Company 7h ago

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.

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Ask a Manager 2h ago

my problem employee complained to the EEOC

An EEOC complaint from a problem employee forces managers to examine documentation, process, and legal exposure.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 7d ago

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.

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McKinsey 3d ago

Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?

McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 12d ago

A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics

MIT Sloan introduces a fresh framework for diagnosing and repairing dysfunctional team dynamics.

FT
Financial Times 21d ago

Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.

SR
MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 14d ago

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.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 26d ago

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.

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McKinsey 27d ago

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.

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Fortune 16d ago

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.

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Fortune 19d ago

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.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 25d ago

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.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 43d ago

Hiring sees a fundamental shift, from credentials to capabilities

Hiring is shifting fundamentally from credential screening to capability assessment, reshaping talent acquisition.

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Financial Times 50d ago

‘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.