Healthcare
fromFast Company
2 days agoDignity as a competitive business model
Healthcare affordability is forcing families to delay care, highlighting the need for dignity-centered care models that prioritize patient respect and community health.
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Productivity
fromEntrepreneur
6 days agoHow Senior Leaders Make Fewer, Better Decisions
Senior leaders must make high-impact decisions with less visibility by treating decision-making as a discipline and designing supportive systems.
Careers
fromFast Company
5 days agoAre you micromanaging yourself out of a job?
Leadership transitions can lead to disengagement and escalation cultures, costing organizations significantly despite initial appearances of productivity.
Silicon Valley food
fromFuturism
1 day agoCEO Says He's Giving Employees a $1.5 Million Bonus So He Doesn't Get Shot in the Street by a Luigi-Like Killer
Jerry Murrell of Five Guys gave employees a $1.5 million bonus after a promotional mishap, expressing concern for their well-being and logistical challenges.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThe people who always have a backup plan aren't pessimists. They grew up in environments where promises were unreliable, and redundancy became the only architecture that didn't collapse when someone changed their mind without warning. - Silicon Canals
Obsessive planners are often generous, driven by past experiences that teach them to prepare for uncertainties.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoFirms with more women in top roles more likely to dismiss abusive men, study finds
Companies with a higher number of women in senior roles are significantly more likely to dismiss male perpetrators of abuse against female colleagues, according to recent analysis.
Women in technology
Productivity
fromFast Company
2 days agoMany productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead
Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.
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Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago4 Ways CEOs Break Employee Trust (and How to Rebuild It)
Trust erodes when leaders spin stories, make exceptions to values, use excessive control, and exploit talent market changes; trusted leaders prioritize transparency, avoid micromanagement, own mistakes, and consistently deliver on promises.
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks agoHalf of Your Employees Don't Trust You. Here's How to Change That
Leaders build trust by showing up physically, remaining present, inviting difficult questions, maintaining transparency, communicating consistently, living their values, and empowering teams with genuine ownership and decision-making authority.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoShe used to manage 3 employees. Now she oversees 24. Welcome to the age of the megamanager.
Middle managers in corporate America are overseeing significantly larger teams as companies flatten organizational structures to reduce costs and accelerate decision-making.
fromFast Company
1 month agoHow leaders can make ethical choices when the rules fall short
Research finds that relying on regulations to determine your policies and procedures can result in ethical blindspots, or situations where people might think if there is not a rule for something, that it's permissible. After years of shifting towards values and culture-based compliance, leadership might be heading the opposite direction.
Philosophy
fromSecurityWeek
1 month agoFour Risks Boards Cannot Treat as Background Noise
Rather than stolen data making headlines, it was business stoppage that triggered attention. Moving into 2026, the board's focus should be on ensuring business continuity and building resilience in the face of emerging risks generated by AI usage and attack vectors, quantum computing and geopolitics.
Information security
fromHarvard Business Review
1 month agoHave CEOs Lost the Plot?
CEOs are struggling to find their footing these days. Their role seemed clearer during Covid, when many executives rose to the challenge of becoming inspirational figures. They led their businesses while guiding their employees through a challenging shared experience. That was the case as well for many U.S. CEOs in 2020 when George Floyd's murder shocked the nation, and employees looked to their leaders for guidance and assurance.
Marketing
fromHarvard Business Review
2 months agoThe Management Practices That Make Employee Ownership Pay Off
U.S. worker engagement has stagnated for decades, with more than two-thirds of workers feeling detached or disengaged. To reverse the trend, many executives have strived to build an "ownership culture," hoping personal responsibility will drive productivity. Yet most omit the most vital ingredient, actual ownership. We spent the past four years studying companies that committed to this missing piece, extending equity to all employees.
Business
Careers
fromYourTango
2 months agoCEO Says Most Workers Lose Respect For A Boss Who's Not Willing To Talk About This Once Taboo Thing
Workers prioritize pay transparency over flexibility; employers must adopt transparent salary practices to remain competitive amid widespread inflation-driven financial strain.
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