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Saturday, October 10, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
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Harvard Business Review yesterday

How to Lead When Everyone Is Watching

HBR examines how leaders must adjust behavior and messaging when high visibility raises every decision's stakes.

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Inc. 1h ago

Bad HR Isn’t the Real Problem. CEOs Who Blame HR for Their Decisions Are

CEOs who deflect blame onto HR for their own decisions are damaging their credibility and culture.

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Fast Company yesterday

AI notetakers are ruining decision-making

AI meeting notetakers are degrading decision quality by reducing accountability and real-time engagement.

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Fast Company yesterday

HubSpot founder’s LinkedIn post thanking laid-off employees sparks criticism

HubSpot founder's LinkedIn layoff message backfired, showing how performative gratitude reads as tone-deaf.

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Inc. 17h ago

Apple’s New CEO Honored Steve Jobs With One Line. It Shows How to Lead After a Legend

Tim Cook's tribute to Jobs offers a model for leading credibly after a towering predecessor.

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McKinsey yesterday

The six strategy roles a CEO must not delegate

McKinsey identifies six strategic decisions CEOs must own personally and cannot safely delegate to others.

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theHRDIRECTOR yesterday

When Hiring Managers Keep Asking for More Candidates, the Problem May Be the Hiring Brief

When hiring managers demand more candidates, the real problem is usually a poorly written hiring brief, not supply.

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Fortune yesterday

‘Everybody knows you’re out of touch’: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his own exec told him to stop hyping Foundry

Palantir CEO's story of being called out of touch is a sharp lesson in executive self-awareness.

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Financial Times 6d 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 9d 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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McKinsey 9d 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.

FT
Financial Times 6d ago

What can we learn from the office AI superusers?

AI superusers inside offices are modeling habits that all executives can study to accelerate their own adoption.

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Ask a Manager 37d 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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Harvard Business Review 18d ago

Research: The True Cost of Corporate Scandals? Talent.

HBR research finds corporate scandals' most lasting damage is talent loss, not fines or press coverage.

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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 53d ago

What Gets Your Best Employees to Stay

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

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 39d 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 50d 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 53d 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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MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 80d ago

A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics

MIT Sloan introduces a fresh framework for diagnosing and repairing dysfunctional team dynamics.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 18d ago

‘There Are No VPs, SVPs’—Why Hut 8 Eliminated Most Traditional Job Titles

Hut 8 eliminated VP and SVP titles entirely, signaling a structural rethink of hierarchy and status.