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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 8h ago

Why Every High-Performing Leader Needs a Pacer

MIT Sloan research finds high-performing leaders rely on a specific accountability partner to sustain performance.

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Fast Company 9h ago

This is how great managers respond to disengaged employees

Great managers respond to disengaged employees with specific, actionable behaviors worth modeling at any level.

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Fast Company 14h ago

What to do when your employees are hiding their AI use

Employees hiding AI tool use signals a trust and transparency gap leaders need to address proactively.

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Harvard Business Review yesterday

Why Great Teams Don’t Need to Like Each Other

HBR research finds team performance depends on shared commitment, not interpersonal liking or harmony.

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Inc. 23h ago

HR Giant SHRM Hit With a $400,000 Verdict After Rescinding a Job Offer Over a Service Dog

SHRM faces a $400,000 verdict for rescinding a job offer, exposing liability risks in hiring decisions.

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Inc. 23h ago

Nvidia Has an Employee Turnover Rate of Just 3.7 Percent. Its Leaders Practice 1 Habit Worth Copying

Nvidia's 3.7 percent turnover traces to a specific leadership habit executives can replicate.

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Fortune yesterday

‘The amazement is kind of wearing off a little bit’: Wharton survey reveals managers are learning what Gen Z already figured out

Wharton survey finds managers growing disillusioned with AI tools that Gen Z already knew had limits.

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Fortune yesterday

The Turing Trap is turning into a Talent Trap: The wrong AI strategy could strand millions of skilled workers

Wrong AI strategy risks displacing skilled workers, creating talent and culture crises executives must plan for.

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McKinsey 6d ago

Why AI’s easiest wins are misleading CEOs

McKinsey warns CEOs that AI's quick early wins create false confidence and obscure deeper strategic risk.

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theHRDIRECTOR 9d ago

When organisations run out of emotional energy

Organizations that exhaust their collective emotional reserves face compounding leadership and retention failures.

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Financial Times 10d ago

Dear all: how bosses should talk to the troops

FT examines how executives should communicate directly with employees and what tone and approach actually builds trust.

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Harvard Business Review 23d ago

Research: The True Cost of Corporate Scandals? Talent.

HBR research finds corporate scandals' most lasting damage is talent loss, not fines or press coverage.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 57d ago

What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay

MIT Sloan research identifies what actually keeps top employees from leaving, with direct retention implications.

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The Wall Street Journal 10d ago

The Layoff Announcements Keep Coming, but No One Knows Who, Where or When

Vague layoff announcements are creating workforce anxiety and the communications vacuum is damaging leadership credibility.

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McKinsey 13d ago

The CEO’s singular impact on the success—or failure—of AI in organizations

CEO impact on AI success directly measurable; research-backed insight on executive role in technology adoption.

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The Wall Street Journal 41d ago

Corporate America Is Axing the ‘Micro-Team’ Boss

Companies are eliminating small-team middle managers, reshaping how leadership layers actually function.

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Ask a Manager 42d ago

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.

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theHRDIRECTOR 54d ago

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.

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PRWeek 57d ago

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.

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Ask a Manager 70d ago

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.