The new rules of leadership start with emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is now a baseline leadership expectation, not a soft-skills bonus.
Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’
Brené Brown warns employee instability tolerance has reached a neurological breaking point for leaders to address.
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
Fast Company identifies the specific leadership capabilities executives must build to stay effective in the AI era.
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.
It pays to kiss up and kick down
Research suggests sycophantic workplace behavior still gets rewarded, undermining trust and honest culture.
High-Performing Teams Get (and Give) More Feedback
HBR data shows high-performing teams consistently exchange more feedback than their lower-performing peers.
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.
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.
Flexible working hasn’t disappeared, it’s matured
New data shows flexible work norms have stabilized into a mature model rather than retreating or expanding further.
What it takes to become—and remain—an effective CEO
McKinsey research identifies what separates executives who become effective CEOs and stay that way.
AI Adoption Is Overloading Your Middle Managers
HBR finds AI rollouts are quietly burning out middle managers, the layer executives rely on most to drive change.
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.
AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton
Bank of America's head of HR details how large-scale AI upskilling is being executed in practice.
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.