The Compensation Anchor
Why your offer letter predicts performance for years.
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How do I manage someone I inherited who I wouldn't have hired?
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.
Managers Now Spend Less Than 10% of Their Time Developing Their People
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.
How Do I Manage a High Performer Who Treats Everyone Around Them Like an Afterthought?
Your star contributor is keeping the team's numbers up and its morale down. Here's how to handle it without losing the output or tolerating the damage.
Three in Ten Workers Are AI Power Users
The conventional worry about AI and workplace isolation has the causality exactly backward.
The Meeting Load Fallacy
Why cutting meetings rarely produces the productivity gains you're expecting and what's actually happening to the time you freed
How do I manage a direct report who seems to actively dislike me?
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
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.
How do I manage someone who used to be my peer?
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.
Manager Engagement Drops to a 12-Year Low
Global manager engagement fell five points in a single year.
The Visibility Trap
Why the work that drives results and the work that gets rewarded have been quietly diverging in your organization for years.
How do I manage someone who's going through something difficult in their personal life?
Take all the time you need' sounds generous and means nothing.