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How Gen AI Can Reshape Your Role as a Manager
Generative AI is changing the balance of work, reducing the need for task coordination and increasing autonomy across teams. For middle managers, this shift opens the door to new ways...
Structure Committees to Unlock Real Decision-Making Power
Organizations often rely on committees to make high-stakes decisions. But simply getting the right people in the room isn’t enough. If you want your committee to surface real insights and...
Use Conflict as a Leadership Advantage
In today’s polarized environment, workplace conflict is inevitable—but it doesn’t have to be destructive. Leaders with high conflict intelligence know how to engage it constructively. Here’s how to apply seven...
Build a Culture of Cybersecurity Through Influence
Cybersecurity programs often fail because they overlook the biggest risk: human behavior. But the same factor that makes organizations vulnerable can also be your greatest asset—if you know how to...
Reassess Your Global Travel Strategy
In today’s volatile climate, global travel isn’t just about logistics—it’s about risk management and policy adaptation. As rules shift rapidly, you need a proactive, structured approach to sending employees abroad...
Use Subtraction to Boost Efficiency—Without Weakening Your Business
When uncertainty hits, it’s tempting to start making cuts. But indiscriminate subtraction can backfire, making systems brittle, reducing visibility, and draining long-term value from your business. Before making any cut,...
How to Lead a Team You Inherit
When you step into a new leadership role, how you engage your inherited team sets the tone for your entire tenure. You need to move thoughtfully, not impulsively. Here’s how...
Make Help More Helpful at Work
Creating a culture of helping isn’t just about encouraging support—it’s about making sure the help given is actually, well, helpful. As a leader, your role is to shape how help...
3 Essential Behaviors Every Aspiring CEO Should Build
The role of the CEO is evolving fast—and the old playbook won’t cut it. To lead through disruption, emerging CEOs must focus less on credentials and more on behavior. Here...
4 More Ways to Rethink Remote and Hybrid Work
Yesterday we went over four ways to update your approach to leading a remote or hybrid organization. Today we’re back with four more tactics. Get everyone together regularly. “Anchor days,”...
4 Ways to Rethink Remote and Hybrid Wor
If your organization is sticking with remote or hybrid work, your old management playbook won’t cut it. Productivity, culture, and collaboration all suffer when you try to lead as if...
Transitioning from Frontline Management to Senior Leadership
Stepping into a senior leadership role is about more than simply managing a bigger team. It requires a new mindset, focus, and definition of success. If you’re finding this transition...
Make Time for Joy in Your Busy Life
When life is packed with work and family demands, joy often falls to the bottom of the priority list. In fact, many professionals spend most of their time on achievement...
Don’t Let Your Flexible Schedule Burn You Out
Flexibility is a blessing—until it isn’t. When you try to do everything for both your work and your family, burnout can sneak in fast. The key is to approach flexibility...
Talk About Sustainability in a Way That Resonates
In today’s polarized climate, many companies choose silence over speaking up about sustainability, but that’s a mistake—customers and employees still expect transparency. Here’s how to communicate your efforts clearly and...
Ask Questions That Get to the Truth
Uncovering the truth at work isn’t always as simple as asking direct questions. Whether you’re trying to get to the root of a project delay or understand why you weren’t...
Reduce Presenteeism on Your Team
If employees are working while sick, your policies aren’t the problem—your structure is. To tackle presenteeism, start by addressing the root causes: job design, cultural expectations, and the imbalance between...
Help Employees Feel Seen
When people feel invisible at work, they disengage. As a leader, one of your most powerful tools is the ability to notice—deliberately, consistently, and with purpose. Here’s how to do...
Best Practices for Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace
Employee mental health isn’t a side issue—it’s a core leadership responsibility. Most employees report at least one mental health challenge, and more than half of CEOs say they’ve struggled in...
Ensure More Equitable Workplace Reporting
You may think that urging employees to report abusive behavior is enough to address misconduct. It’s not. Who reports abuse matters just as much as what gets reported—especially when evidence...