Low Fire, Low Hire
U.S. employers announced fewer layoffs in April than a year ago. They also announced far fewer hires. The second number matters more.
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Kane Carpenter
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How do I get my team to actually pay attention in meetings?
You can't make people pay attention. But you can make meetings worth paying attention to.
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Manager Engagement Collapsed 9 Points in Three Years
The layer of your organization that drives 70% of team engagement variance is now barely more engaged than the people it manages.
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The Quiet Constraint
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How do I deal with an employee who won't stop talking in meetings?
Meeting airtime isn't a personality trait. It's a managed resource. And right now, you're not managing it.
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Job-Changer Pay Premium Hit a 6-Year Low
The gap between switcher and stayer pay shrank to 1.9 percentage points at the start of the year — the smallest since 2020. But new-hire pay just thawed for the first time in 18 months.
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How do I decide whether to fix a process or just live with it?
Most managers optimize the wrong processes and tolerate the right ones, and then wonder why their team feels stuck.
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Information Sector Employment Has Fallen 342,000 Since 2022
Tech, telecom, and media employment is down 11.0% from its peak — and it kept dropping in April. The talent pool you're hiring from is bigger than your salary bands assume.
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The Skip-Level Blind Spot
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How do I get my team to disagree with me?
Half your team thinks you're wrong about something right now. They're just not telling you.
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Labor's Share of Output Hit a Record-Low 54.1%
Labor's share of nonfarm output fell to a record-low 54.1% as AI-driven productivity gains flowed to capital. What it signals for hiring, retention, and comp budgets.
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How do I manage someone who's quietly using AI to do their job badly?
The tool isn't the problem. You're accepting work below your standard, and you never made the standard explicit because you never had to before.
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