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Saturday, July 11, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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Harvard Business Review (uploads) on YouTube yesterday

High-Performing Teams Get (and Give) More Feedback

HBR research confirms that high-performing teams consistently exchange more feedback than average teams do.

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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 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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Inc. 57 min ago

King Charles Is Going to the Office. Employees Still Want Remote Work.

Return-to-office mandates from the top still clash with persistent employee remote-work preferences.

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Fast Company 12h ago

Stop hiring for the résumé. Start hiring for obsession

Executives who hire for deep obsession over credentials report stronger long-term team performance outcomes.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 16h ago

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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Fortune yesterday

Hybrid‑work expert Nicholas Bloom says World Cup chaos and pricey commutes are turning July into the summer of remote work

Nicholas Bloom's data shows World Cup disruption is accelerating remote work adoption this summer.

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Axios yesterday

Haves, have-nots and know-nots: Inside AI's new class divide

A new class divide is forming between workers who understand AI and those who do not, with direct workforce implications for leaders.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 3d ago

Air Canada Picks Outsider as Next CEO to Rebuild Trust After Video Fallout

Air Canada's choice of an outside CEO after a trust crisis signals how boards use leadership hires to signal accountability.

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Fortune 2d 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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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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McKinsey 4d 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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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 16d 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 32d 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 11d 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 16d ago

Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means

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

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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.