The First 2 Minutes Can Make or Break Your Meeting
How leaders open a meeting shapes attention and outcomes for everything that follows.
Reed Hastings Has a Simple Trick for Explaining Complex Ideas
Reed Hastings uses one concrete technique to make complex ideas immediately understandable.
Managers are bad at coaching: 4 tips for improving
Most managers are poor coaches, and four specific habits explain why performance conversations fail.
When promotion starts looking like a bad deal
More high performers are declining promotions when the tradeoffs outweigh the rewards.
What founders get wrong about focus
Founders and executives routinely mismanage focus in ways that slow decisions and fragment teams.
Did AI write this? It’s getting harder to tell
AI-generated content is increasingly indistinguishable, raising urgent credibility risks for executive communicators.
Richard Branson double-booked his own job interview. The candidate stuck in traffic with him for 2.5 hours is now Virgin’s CEO
Branson's accidental two-hour interview reveals how unplanned moments shape executive talent decisions.
ChatGPT said you’d lose your jobs right now — it’s more like 3% of workers
New data shows AI job displacement is running far slower than predicted, with only 3% affected now.
The new management playbook for AI: How to move faster and create more value
McKinsey's new AI management playbook outlines how executives can accelerate value without losing control.
An Analysis of 1,000 Meetings Shows How the Best Leaders Shape Conversations
Analysis of 1,000 meetings reveals specific behaviors that distinguish how the best leaders guide group conversations.
AI Is Undermining Leaders’ Judgment. Here’s What to Do About It.
HBR finds AI tools are eroding executive judgment and offers concrete practices to reclaim decision-making authority.
What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay
MIT Sloan research identifies what actually keeps top employees from leaving, with direct retention implications.
Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired
Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.
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.
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.
Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?
McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.
A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics
MIT Sloan introduces a fresh framework for diagnosing and repairing dysfunctional team dynamics.
how can I be more patient with a frustrating employee?
Managing frustration with a difficult employee is a universal leadership challenge with real coaching implications.
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.