Why Every High-Performing Leader Needs a Pacer
MIT Sloan research finds high-performing leaders rely on a specific accountability partner to sustain performance.
This is how great managers respond to disengaged employees
Research identifies the specific manager responses that re-engage disengaged employees rather than lose them.
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.
Why Great Teams Don’t Need to Like Each Other
HBR research finds team performance depends on shared commitment, not interpersonal liking or harmony.
Research: When Being Authentic Undermines Your Leadership
HBR research shows authentic leadership behavior can undermine executive credibility in specific high-stakes contexts.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
When organisations run out of emotional energy
Organizations that exhaust their collective emotional reserves face compounding leadership and retention failures.
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.
Americans are growing tired of CEOs lecturing them on social issues
Americans are increasingly turned off by CEO activism, signaling real reputational risk for opinionated executives.
What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay
MIT Sloan research identifies what actually keeps top employees from leaving, with direct retention implications.
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.
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.
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.
Ernst & Young Is Giving $100 Million in Bonuses to Staff for ‘Human’ Skills
EY commits $100 million in bonuses explicitly rewarding human skills as AI reshapes the workplace.
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.