Leading Blog
APRIL 28, 2025
W HEN the path ahead is clear, leadership feels easier. You can plan, predict, and rally your team around certainty. But real leadership shows up when the road disappears. In uncertain times, leadership doesnt collapse from lack of effort. It collapses because leaders mistake activity for clarity. In doing so, they lose momentum when it matters most.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 28, 2025
Everyone has a stupid moment even smart leaders. Some stupidity is accidental. Some is handcrafted with pride. This post shows you how to be less stupid. Spot yourself in the four flavors of stupid that trip up managers and teams. Discover simple ways to spot it, stop it, and laugh your way toward better decisions.
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The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2025
Despite the wealth of evidence about the benefits of remote and hybrid working generated during the pandemic, an increasing number of employers are issuing return-to-the-office mandates. Many of these demands are driven by a belief that collaboration thrives when we’re face-to-face with our colleagues. Research from the University of Delaware explores whether the kind of relationships that underpin effective collaboration are undermined by remote working.
Eric Jacobson
APRIL 28, 2025
Nearly everyone I know has shared a story about a difficult person theyve encountered in their workplace. Experiencing difficult individuals in the workplace is common. So common that author Amy Gallo identifies eight archetypes , each representing a common type of difficult person likely found in most workplaces. We might lie awake at night worrying, withdraw from work, or react in ways we later regretrolling our eyes in a meeting, snapping at colleagues, or staying silent when we should speak
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The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2025
Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to make training large language models, like GPT, 30% more energy-efficient without slowing down the process. This technique could save enough power to supply 1.1 million U.S. homes by 2026, according to projections from Wells Fargo. It could also help reduce the growing carbon emissions from data centers, which, by the International Monetary Funds estimate, could reach 1.2% of the global total by 2027.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 28, 2025
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Today, everyone seems to want to associate themselves with change. Jeffrey Immelt, General Electrics former CEO, loved to call his firm a 124 year-old startup. Its value fell by 30% under his tenure and would later collapse.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
Six ways leaders can demonstrate a steady hand in turbulent times.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 28, 2025
Your Ability to Disagree with Your Boss Constructively is a Game-Changing Leadership Skill Ever faced one of those moments when your boss rolls out a decision and your gut screams, Nope!? Maybe its off-brand, ethically sketchy, or just a bad call. You know staying silent feels wrongbut speaking up? That can feel even scarier. What if you blow the relationship?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
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HR Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
The workplace has presented unexpected challenges for everyone, but Gen Xs career crisis takes the cake as the most monumental struggle of them all. Generation X, typically those born between 1965 and 1980, were supposed to be at the peak of their careers over these last few years, but from economic instability to workplace ageism, Gen X has lived through one battle after another.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
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HR Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
With the Social Security trust fund projected to deplete by 2033, SSA benefits cuts could potentially disrupt retirement income projections. Recent policy proposals, such as the Social Security Fairness Act 2025 and potential changes such as eliminating taxes on benefits, add further to the challenge. For HR professionals, these Social Security benefits changes in 2025 demand proactive planning to align total rewards with employee expectations and organizational goals.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
Governance is the only way to preserve relationships and increase the odds of long-term success.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
APRIL 28, 2025
Smart leaders fail when they chase symptoms, not root causes. Discover how awareness helps teams solve real problems and boost performance. Todays guest post is by Sean Glaze, author of What Effective Leaders DO. Even the most intelligent and well-intentioned leaders can get stuck. They work hard. They respond quickly. They troubleshoot constantly. But despite their effort, their teams still underperform, communication breaks down, and morale dips.
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Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
Three experts weigh in on the current state of tariffs and global trade—and how leaders can prepare for what might be on the horizon.
HR Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
Ultimatums lead the way forward as tech giants present employees with comply, or else scenarios. Googles RTO policy for 2025 is making it mandatory for remote employees to show up to the workplace three days a week if they dont want to risk losing their jobs. Remote workers are to return to Google offices at once, although the hybrid model has not been done away with entirely.
HR Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
In a move that has alarmed HR professionals and equality advocates, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that its 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection, opening May 20 and closing June 24, will eliminate the option to report nonbinary employees via a comment box. This decision, outlined in an April 15 filing with the Office of Budget and Management, reverses a small but meaningful step toward inclusive workforce data collection.
HR Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
On April 28, 2025, at around 12:30 PM, a massive Spain power outage plunged millions into chaos across Spain and Portugal. This Spain blackout, one of Europes worst Europe power outage events in decades, halted daily life in cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, and Seville. Traffic lights failed, causing gridlock. Trains and metros stopped, leaving passengers stranded in dark tunnels or awaiting rescue.
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