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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 6 min ago

Why Every High-Performing Leader Needs a Pacer

MIT Sloan research finds high-performing leaders rely on a specific accountability partner to sustain performance.

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Fast Company 1h ago

This is how great managers respond to disengaged employees

Research identifies the specific manager responses that re-engage disengaged employees rather than lose them.

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Fast Company 6h ago

What to do when your employees are hiding their AI use

Employees hiding AI tool use signals a trust and transparency gap leaders need to address proactively.

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Harvard Business Review yesterday

Why Great Teams Don’t Need to Like Each Other

HBR research finds team performance depends on shared commitment, not interpersonal liking or harmony.

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Harvard Business Review yesterday

Research: When Being Authentic Undermines Your Leadership

HBR research shows authentic leadership behavior can undermine executive credibility in specific high-stakes contexts.

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Inc. 15h ago

HR Giant SHRM Hit With a $400,000 Verdict After Rescinding a Job Offer Over a Service Dog

SHRM faces a $400,000 verdict for rescinding a job offer, exposing liability risks in hiring decisions.

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Inc. 15h ago

Nvidia Has an Employee Turnover Rate of Just 3.7 Percent. Its Leaders Practice 1 Habit Worth Copying

Nvidia's 3.7 percent turnover traces to a specific leadership habit executives can replicate.

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Fortune 22h ago

‘The amazement is kind of wearing off a little bit’: Wharton survey reveals managers are learning what Gen Z already figured out

Wharton survey finds managers growing disillusioned with AI tools that Gen Z already knew had limits.

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McKinsey 6d ago

Why AI’s easiest wins are misleading CEOs

McKinsey warns CEOs that AI's quick early wins create false confidence and obscure deeper strategic risk.

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theHRDIRECTOR 9d ago

When organisations run out of emotional energy

Organizations that exhaust their collective emotional reserves face compounding leadership and retention failures.

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Financial Times 10d ago

Dear all: how bosses should talk to the troops

FT examines how executives should communicate directly with employees and what tone and approach actually builds trust.

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Fortune 13d ago

Americans are growing tired of CEOs lecturing them on social issues

Americans are increasingly turned off by CEO activism, signaling real reputational risk for opinionated executives.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 57d ago

What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay

MIT Sloan research identifies what actually keeps top employees from leaving, with direct retention implications.

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The Wall Street Journal 10d ago

The Layoff Announcements Keep Coming, but No One Knows Who, Where or When

Vague layoff announcements are creating workforce anxiety and the communications vacuum is damaging leadership credibility.

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McKinsey 13d ago

The CEO’s singular impact on the success—or failure—of AI in organizations

CEO impact on AI success directly measurable; research-backed insight on executive role in technology adoption.

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Ask a Manager 41d ago

how can I encourage my staff to bring me complaints?

Ask a Manager offers concrete tactics for creating the psychological safety employees need to surface complaints.

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The Wall Street Journal 43d ago

Ernst & Young Is Giving $100 Million in Bonuses to Staff for ‘Human’ Skills

EY commits $100 million in bonuses explicitly rewarding human skills as AI reshapes the workplace.

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theHRDIRECTOR 54d ago

5 Ways to Make Office Days More Meaningful for Employees

Research-backed strategies help executives make in-office days genuinely worthwhile rather than obligatory and resented.

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PRWeek 57d ago

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.

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Ask a Manager 69d ago

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.