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Our research makes one thing clear: women are still not equal at work.

Sticky notes in meetings, co-workers’ input and AI evaluations will keep workers constantly informed of their performance.

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IBM, Delta and others have dropped college degree requirements but old hiring habits are hard to break.

"If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."

Jobs up and down the corporate food chain have been cut in the most recent cascade of layoffs. Leaders say the fast-evolving technology means many may never return.

As an extrovert, I hate to admit it, but charisma really doesn’t improve a firm’s performance.

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UPS, Boeing and other employers are insisting on full-time attendance as some bosses lose patience with remote work.

Feedback — both positive and negative — is essential to helping managers enhance their best qualities and address their worst so they can excel at leading. Strengths-based development can, unfortunately, lull people into believing there are no areas in which they need to improve. So instead of encouraging people to avoid negative feedback, we should focus on how to deliver it in ways that minimize the fight-or-flight response. One approach is called Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI). Feedback providers first note the time and place in which a behavior occurred. Then they describe the behavior — what they saw and heard. The final step is to describe the impact the behavior had in terms of the feedback providers’ thoughts, feelings or actions.

There are some areas where AI is surpassing human capabilities — but there are several it can’t replace. Based on their research into employees’ comfort with AI in management, as well as their decades of research on the qualities of effective leadership, the authors identify the promise (and perils) of AI-enabled management, as well as the three uniquely human capabilities leaders need to focus on honing, especially as AI begins to figure more in management: 1) awareness, 2) compassion, and 3) wisdom.

Every company wants to do things as quickly as possible. But there are times when you ought to hit the brakes.

Over the past decade, as a result of the pandemic, political and economic instability, social movements such as Black Lives Matter, and changing workplace technologies, what people expect from leaders has changed. Executive presence (EP) is typically perceived as consisting of three elements in descending order of importance: gravitas, skillful communication, and the “right” appearance. The author’s new research shows that while confidence and decisiveness are still paramount for gravitas, pedigree has become less central, and new weight is given to inclusiveness and respect for others. On the communication front, superior speaking skills and the ability to command a room still lead the list of desirable attributes, but comfort on Zoom, a “listen to learn” orientation, and authenticity are on the rise. Projecting authenticity is also key to the appearance component of EP; so are dressing for the “new normal,” having an online image, and showing up in person. This article offers a playbook for developing six attributes that increasingly factor into executive presence, citing the examples of a dozen leaders who have cracked the code.

A leader so furious with his self-absorbed boss, considers quitting the company. He asks his coach to help him manage himself & defuse his triggers.

Following years of investor backlash, a number of business leaders are now making a conscious effort to avoid the once widely used term.

Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world

A collection of the most downloaded culture design canvas and teamwork tools for creating better workplaces.

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Being a CEO can be a lonely job–there is no obvious person in whom to confide. Keeping a journal can fill that void, by giving a new leader a chance for structured reflection of recent past events and decisions, and mental rehearsal for future ones. Despite the time and discipline it takes to keep a journal, it should be part of every new leader’s toolkit.

In a Field Notes post from 2014, LeadingAgile consultant Andrew Fuqua considers Brooks' Law in the context of the Theory of Constraints. Brooks' Law is

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Colleagues’ calorie-dense temptations are part of an age-old bonding ritual.

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The internet’s go-to legal analyst, Emily D. Baker, walks us through the ins and outs of fair use and copyright law.

Books are an anomaly when it comes to how "bestsellers" are ranked. Movies are judged by their total box office numbers.

No, I didn’t memorize the entire dictionary. The spelling bee demands much more than that.

We live in a time when “bigger is better” is the prevailing assumption when it comes to, well, just about anything. So it’s only natural for us to want to supersize our network of connections — both online and off — because the more people we know, the greater our chances of being exposed to opportunities that may lead to professional advancement, potential mentors, material success, and so on. But in fact, being what we call a “superconnector” has nothing to do with supersizing your network. Rather, it’s about surrounding yourself with a carefully curated group of people who you admire and respect and with whom you share common beliefs and values — people who will set the tone for the foundation of your larger network filled with people who provide value to one another. And that core group should be a lot smaller than you think.

Many moths are attracted to light. That works fine when it’s a bright moon and an open field, but not so well for the moths if the light was set up as a bug trap.

He was working three full-time jobs at Meta, IBM, and Tinder. His bosses didn't know.

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