can I signal to my employee that I know the management above me sucks?
A manager asks how to signal solidarity with a direct report without undermining senior leadership.
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.
I Know Our New Executive Is Making Terrible Decisions. Should I Admit It to My Employee?
A leader wrestles with whether to validate employee doubts about a new executive's poor decision-making publicly.
Don’t Let AI Flatten Your Leadership Style
HBR warns that leaning on AI for communication risks flattening and depersonalizing leadership style.
Research: Employees from Lower-Class Backgrounds Negotiate Less—and Face More Backlash
HBR research finds employees from lower-class backgrounds negotiate less and face greater 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.
AI is creating a two-speed jobs market in the UK, Indeed says
AI is splitting the jobs market into two tiers, creating urgent talent strategy challenges for executives managing hiring pipelines.
Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?
McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.
Your high performer is checked out. Now what?
When a top performer disengages, leaders must act quickly before quiet departure becomes permanent talent loss.
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.
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.
AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton
Bank of America's head of HR details how large-scale AI upskilling is being executed in practice.
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.
The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%
A company receiving one million applications while accepting 0.1 percent reveals new dynamics in elite talent filtering.
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.
How to rethink the recognition gap: Insights from the 2026 State of Recognition Report
2026 recognition data reveals persistent gaps between how leaders think they recognize employees and what works.