Book Briefing
'Compassionate Leadership': How to approach confrontations with care
A new book by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter contends that willingly approaching confrontation is one of the most important skills of leaders.
Leadership
The three New Year’s resolutions for employers right now
S. Mitra Kalita on three pillars for meeting head on this unrelenting era of uncertainty, helplessness, and exhaustion.
What we know about the future of work and management that we didn't a year ago
What top researchers and expert practitioners told us they've learned over the past year, and what their advice is for 2022.
The Best Advice From 2021 for Managing Yourself and Your Team
Each week we sift through the latest research and management writing to bring you insights and tips for managing yourself and your team. Here's the best of that advice from this past year.
Interview
What organizations should do amid this holding pattern
Yale's Heidi Brooks on what organizations can do to strengthen their cultures and how to handle some of the challenging power dynamics among employees that are arising.
Interview
The experiences that help you to stretch and grow
Susan Ashford on the power of 'flexing.'
Interview
What Slack means for meetings and workplaces
CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield on what's ahead for Slack and for workplaces, and how he responds to employers who regret using the service.
Interview
How to combat manager burnout
Managers are increasingly burned out. Their levels of stress, physical wellbeing, and work-life balance have been worse than those of the people they manage—and new Gallup data show that gap widening even further.
Strategies to get through the rest of the year without burning out
Tactics from S. Mitra Kalita for helping your team, and yourself, stay calm and engaged amid end-of-year stress.
Workplace Summit takeaways: What kind of leaders we need now
How researchers, executives—including the CEOs of Slack, LinkedIn, GoFundMe, and The New York Times—and others answered the question: “What kind of leader do I need to be now?”
