Why Employees Cannot Disconnect From Work During PTO

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.

Most Leaders Say They Want Innovation. These 5 Habits Are Killing It

Five common leader behaviors are actively undermining the innovation cultures executives say they want.

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.

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

McKinsey identifies the specific behaviors that distinguish effective CEOs over time.

How Leaders Create the Conditions for Innovative Thinking

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

Employees Aren’t Questioning AI Advice Enough

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

Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means

MIT Sloan argues that rigid professionalism norms exclude talent and undermine workplace belonging.

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.

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.

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.

Workers are emerging as the next big AI logjam

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

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.

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.

AI is “quietly eroding trust”in the workplace

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

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.

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.

‘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.