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Sunday, September 6, 2026
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Inc. 16h ago

Great Leaders Don’t Just Ask Questions. They Ask Better Ones

Leaders who ask sharper questions drive better decisions and signal stronger executive presence.

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Inc. 16h ago

The Hidden Costs of Layoffs Are Bigger Than Most Companies Admit

Layoff hidden costs—morale, productivity, rehiring—routinely exceed what leadership accounts for.

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Fast Company yesterday

Your AI strategy has an employee problem

AI strategy fails when leaders skip employee buy-in, creating adoption gaps that undermine transformation goals.

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Harvard Business Review (uploads) on YouTube yesterday

AI Disruption Is Coming. How Should Leaders Prepare?

HBR identifies specific leadership actions executives should take now to prepare organizations for AI disruption.

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Financial Times 6h ago

UBS demands new junior bankers show AI proficiency

UBS now requires junior bankers to demonstrate AI proficiency, signaling a hiring baseline shift.

FC
Fast Company yesterday

They paid $470,000 for a ‘boring’ business. Within days, almost everything went wrong

A business acquisition gone wrong reveals how quickly operational assumptions can collapse on leaders.

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Fortune yesterday

Tech CEOs want the world to embrace AI, but protestors outside their G20 gathering show the industry’s growing popularity problem

Tech CEOs face a sharpening public trust gap as AI enthusiasm collides with organized protest at G20.

PR
PRWeek yesterday

Suno pulls controversial Mary J. Blige AI ad after 'representative' fraud

Suno pulls AI ad after fraudulent celebrity endorsement surfaces, signaling new risks in AI-generated campaigns.

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Ask a Manager 3d 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.

HBR
Harvard Business Review 2d ago

Spot Toxic Leadership Traits in an Interview

HBR identifies interview signals that reveal toxic leadership before a bad hire is made.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 2d ago

Corporate America Is Axing the ‘Micro-Team’ Boss

Companies are eliminating small-team middle managers, reshaping how leadership layers actually function.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 5d 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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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 5d ago

A Compelling Story Can Disarm Even a Skeptical Negotiator

Research shows a compelling narrative can shift even resistant negotiators, a direct executive skill.

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McKinsey 9d ago

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.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 16d 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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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 18d ago

What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay

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

PR
PRWeek 19d 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 31d 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.

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McKinsey 37d ago

Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?

McKinsey examines whether AI productivity gains are finally materializing at organizational scale.

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Fortune 54d ago

Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking

Chipotle's COO uses weekly team dinners to identify leadership potential through four observable traits.