The Wrong Room Problem
Why your best people keep failing after promotion, and what it's actually costing you.
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Kane Carpenter
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What do I do when my top performer tells me they're thinking about leaving?
When a top performer tells you they're thinking about leaving, the conversation you're having is downstream of a decision that started forming months ago.
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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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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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