The question isn't "would I hire this person." It's "can this person do the role." Those are different questions, and only one of them is your job.
Gallup, Microsoft, and Gartner all point to the same problem: managers are buried in meetings and admin. The people they’re supposed to develop are paying for it.
The conventional worry about AI and workplace isolation has the causality exactly backward.
Your direct report seems to actively dislike you. Here’s what to do when the tension is real, the work still matters, and you can’t just ignore it.
The average manager now oversees 12.1 people, up 11% in a single year. The de-layering math has inverted, and most orgs haven't noticed yet.
You got promoted above your peers. Now one of them is treating you like nothing changed. Here's how to reset the relationship without losing it entirely.
Global manager engagement fell five points in a single year.
Take all the time you need' sounds generous and means nothing.
Payrolls look fine. But the pool of available workers is quietly contracting — and the sectors still growing are not the ones most managers hire from.
