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Sunday, July 12, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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Fast Company yesterday

How leaders must upgrade their talents for the AI Age

Fast Company identifies specific leadership capabilities executives must develop to remain effective with AI.

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Inc. 13h ago

Why a Broken Corporate Culture May Be What’s Sabotaging Your AI Rollout

Broken organizational culture is emerging as a primary obstacle to successful AI adoption.

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Inc. yesterday

Why Your Best Employees Are Terrified to Take a Sick Day Right Now

Employees increasingly fear taking sick days, signaling a workplace trust breakdown leaders must address proactively.

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Harvard Business Review (uploads) on YouTube yesterday

High-Performing Teams Get (and Give) More Feedback

HBR research finds high-performing teams exchange more feedback than their lower-performing counterparts.

HBR
Harvard Business Review yesterday

What 60 Years of Data Reveals About How Men and Women Experience Leadership

Six decades of data reveal measurable differences in how men and women experience and are perceived in leadership roles.

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Fast Company yesterday

Why the best leaders stop trying to make everyone happy

The most effective leaders learn to stop prioritizing universal approval over clear, consistent direction.

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The Wall Street Journal yesterday

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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The Wall Street Journal 21h ago

Alex Karp Is Saying What Every Angry CEO Is Thinking About AI

A prominent CEO voices frustration with AI hype, reflecting a growing executive credibility tension.

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McKinsey 5d 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.

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Fortune 3d ago

$5 billion CEO says he doesn’t just call references—he also secretly hunts down managers you didn’t list to ask about your personality

A CEO reveals he secretly contacts unlisted references to surface personality traits candidates try to hide.

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Fortune 4d ago

AI start-ups are snubbing entry-level talent in favor of Silicon Valley men with top degrees, research shows

AI startups are bypassing entry-level hiring, reshaping how executives should plan talent pipelines and workforce entry points.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 4d 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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Ask a Manager 5d ago

my employee keeps reminding me she used to be the boss

Employee who was previously in charge keeps asserting former authority, testing a manager's credibility.

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McKinsey 17d ago

What it takes to become—and remain—an effective CEO

McKinsey research identifies what separates executives who become effective CEOs and stay that way.

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theHRDIRECTOR 33d 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.

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theHRDIRECTOR 12d 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.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 25d ago

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.

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Ask a Manager 30d 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.

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Financial Times 27d 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.

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The Employee Engagement Blog - Achievers 31d ago

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.