The new rules of leadership start with emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is now a baseline leadership expectation, not a soft-skills bonus.
Waiting for a Promotion to Build New Skills Is a Massive Liability. Here’s Why
Executives who wait for promotion before building new skills fall behind peers who develop proactively.
Why a Broken Corporate Culture May Be What’s Sabotaging Your AI Rollout
Broken organizational culture is emerging as a primary reason AI rollouts stall or fail inside companies.
How leaders must upgrade their talents for the AI Age
Leaders must actively retool their own capabilities to remain effective as AI reshapes organizational decision-making.
High-Performing Teams Get (and Give) More Feedback
HBR data shows high-performing teams give and receive significantly more feedback than average teams do.
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.
More tech workers are retiring early because they don’t want to deal with AI-related changes: ‘Many people believe it’s overblown’
Senior tech workers are opting out early rather than navigate AI-driven workplace change, signaling retention risk.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
Leadership’s Blind Spot in the Age of AI
MIT Sloan identifies what senior leaders are systematically missing about AI's organizational implications.
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.
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.
What it takes to become—and remain—an effective CEO
McKinsey research identifies what separates executives who become effective CEOs and stay that way.
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.
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.
Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means
MIT Sloan argues outdated professionalism standards are quietly eroding inclusion and talent retention.
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.
‘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.