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Monday, July 13, 2026
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HBR
Harvard Business Review 5h ago

Great Leaders Know Which Emotions Their Feedback Will Trigger

HBR research shows effective feedback requires leaders to anticipate and shape the emotional response it triggers.

FT
Financial Times 14h ago

Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

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

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Fortune 1h ago

Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking

Chipotle's COO uses weekly team dinners to identify leadership potential through four observable traits.

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Inc. 2h ago

The ‘Job-Hugging’ Trend Is Cracking: Why Half of Employees Are Now Looking to Leave

New data shows half of employees are now actively job searching, reversing the post-pandemic stay-put trend.

FC
Fast Company 6h ago

Four lessons in handling uncertainty from an ER doc turned CEO

An ER physician turned CEO shares four tested frameworks for leading teams through high-stakes uncertainty.

FC
Fast Company 12h ago

3 hidden reasons why leaders resist change

Leaders who resist change often do so for hidden psychological reasons that undermine organizational trust.

HBR
Harvard Business Review 13h ago

Protect Focus to Build Better Teams

HBR argues protecting team focus time is a core leadership habit that builds higher performance.

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Inc. 23h ago

Authenticity and Transparency Are Not the Same Thing. Here’s Why Great Leaders Split Them

Executives who conflate authenticity with radical transparency risk eroding trust and strategic credibility.

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Fortune yesterday

Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’

Brené Brown warns employee instability tolerance has reached a neurological breaking point for leaders to address.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 5d 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.

SR
MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 6d ago

Leadership’s Blind Spot in the Age of AI

MIT Sloan identifies what senior leaders are systematically missing about AI's organizational implications.

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McKinsey 6d 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.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 2d ago

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.

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Ask a Manager 6d ago

how do I answer an interview question about experience I don’t have

Practical guidance on how to answer interview questions about experience you genuinely do not have.

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Ask a Manager 32d ago

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.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 34d ago

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.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 13d ago

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.

SR
MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 18d ago

Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means

MIT Sloan argues outdated professionalism standards are quietly eroding inclusion and talent retention.

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McKinsey 35d ago

HR Monitor 2026: A turning point for the people function

McKinsey's 2026 HR data identifies a turning point in how people functions must evolve to stay relevant.

FT
Financial Times 29d 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.