Want Workers to Reskill? Show Them Who They Can Become.
HBR research shows reskilling stalls without a clear vision of employees' future identity, not just new skills.
Why Forcing Parents Back to the Office Is Quietly Destroying Company Productivity
Forced return-to-office policies are quietly eroding productivity for working parents, new analysis finds.
Exclusive: Xbox’s CEO on 3,200 layoffs, four studios cut, and her blunt warning that ‘we spread ourselves too thin’
Xbox CEO's candid admission of spreading too thin offers a real-time model for communicating major layoffs honestly.
my employee keeps reminding me she used to be the boss
When a former boss becomes a direct report, leaders face a specific credibility and authority challenge worth preparing for.
What’s causing the widening trust gap between employees and employers?
New data identifies key drivers behind the widening trust gap between employees and employers.
AWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’—and bad for business: ‘At some point the whole thing explodes on itself’
AWS CEO warns that replacing junior employees with AI destroys talent pipelines and eventually backfires on business.
What it takes to become—and remain—an effective CEO
McKinsey research identifies what separates executives who become effective CEOs and stay that way.
AI Adoption Is Overloading Your Middle Managers
HBR finds AI rollouts are quietly burning out middle managers, the layer executives rely on most to drive change.
This is the feedback mistake that experienced leaders keep making
Experienced leaders repeatedly make one specific feedback error that undermines trust and behavior change.
Every Leader Says They Want Honesty. Few Realize They Punish It.
Leaders who claim to value honesty often unconsciously punish it, undermining trust and candor.
Why your smartest people stop taking risks at work (& how to reverse it)
Smart employees stop taking risks when leaders unknowingly punish initiative — here is how to reverse it.
Employees are staying silent about the issues HR most needs to hear
Employees are withholding critical feedback from HR, leaving leaders blind to their most pressing problems.
Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means
MIT Sloan argues outdated professionalism standards are quietly eroding inclusion and talent retention.
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.
Collective action, collective success: A CEO’s role in transformations
McKinsey research identifies CEO behaviors that make or break major organizational transformations.
I need to give my employees more positive feedback
A manager's candid struggle with giving positive feedback surfaces a common leadership gap worth examining.
Behind the Curtain: The cost of blind loyalty
Blind loyalty inside organizations silences dissent and leaves leaders dangerously uninformed about real operational risk.
Workers are emerging as the next big AI logjam
Employee resistance and skill gaps are emerging as the primary bottleneck in organizational AI adoption.
State Farm’s AI Plan for Sales Agents Sparks Uproar. ‘A Real Slap in the Face.’
State Farm's AI rollout for agents sparked internal backlash, illustrating how poor change communication breeds distrust.
‘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.