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forbes.com just now

Why Employees Cannot Disconnect From Work During PTO

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Inc. 13h ago

Why 90 Percent of Companies Are Failing Their Most Experienced Female Workers

Research finds most companies are failing experienced female employees, creating retention and culture risk.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 21h ago

Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means

MIT Sloan argues outdated professionalism standards are quietly eroding inclusion and talent retention.

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Fortune 22h ago

A 6 year study shows which CEOs are pushing RTO mandates: The ones with the biggest egos

Six-year study links CEO ego to RTO mandates, creating reputation and retention risks for leaders.

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Fortune yesterday

Fortune 500 bosses demanding staff return to the office share one trait: narcissism, research finds

New research directly links Fortune 500 RTO mandates to narcissistic leader traits, not productivity data.

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McKinsey yesterday

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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Harvard Business Review yesterday

How Leaders Create the Conditions for Innovative Thinking

HBR identifies specific conditions leaders must create for innovative thinking to consistently emerge.

HBR
Harvard Business Review yesterday

Employees Aren’t Questioning AI Advice Enough

HBR finds employees accept AI recommendations without scrutiny, creating liability and judgment gaps leaders must close.

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The Wall Street Journal 20h ago

M.B.A. Pay Is Drifting Down—and So Is Demand for the Degree

MBA pay and enrollment are both declining, signaling a shift in how executives credential themselves.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 9d 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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Fast Company 2d ago

This is the feedback mistake that experienced leaders keep making

Experienced leaders repeatedly make one specific feedback error that undermines trust and behavior change.

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Inc. 4d ago

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.

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Fast Company 9d ago

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.

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Financial Times 5d ago

Workers are emerging as the next big AI logjam

Employee resistance and skill gaps are emerging as the primary bottleneck in organizational AI adoption.

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McKinsey 11d ago

Collective action, collective success: A CEO’s role in transformations

McKinsey research identifies CEO behaviors that make or break major organizational transformations.

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theHRDIRECTOR 17d 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 14d ago

AI is “quietly eroding trust”in the workplace

AI adoption in the workplace is quietly eroding employee trust, creating a hidden leadership credibility risk.

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Ask a Manager 14d 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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Ask a Manager 18d ago

my team isn’t happy I was promoted to manager, boss edits my work with ChatGPT (badly), and more

New manager facing team resentment and a boss using ChatGPT to edit work poorly surfaces two common leadership credibility threats.

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Financial Times 11d 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.