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Nadella's silence still haunts him
Microsoft's CEO regrets not speaking up in a 2008 meeting with Bill Gates, a lesson that shaped how he now leads.
Fortune · 1m
Satya Nadella admits early leadership failure
Microsoft CEO admits failing to support employee early in career.
mint · 1m
Four questions to guide decisions in crisis
When volatility is constant, leaders need questions that expand thinking rather than narrow it too soon.
Harvard Business Review · 3m
When authentic leadership backfires
Research shows leaders who admit unconventional choices build more trust than those who share personal setbacks, but only if they have the credibility to back it up.
Harvard Business Review · 2m
AI Productivity Gains Risk Employee Capacity
New research shows AI efficiency gains may overwhelm workers as leaders face critical choices about workload distribution.
Inc · 1m
Great teams need alignment, not friendship
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues that shared purpose matters more than liking each other for high-performing teams.
Harvard Business Review · 4m
Managing the employee you cannot fire
When a high-performing leader inherits an underperforming team member protected by organizational ties, they face an accountability gap. Here's how to manage around the problem.
Harvard Business Review · 3m
Sightline Wealth Management Names Oded Orgil As CEO And Mark Goodman As Chairman
Sightline Wealth Management appoints Oded Orgil as CEO and Mark Goodman as Chairman to strengthen leadership for growth.
Pulse 2.0 · 1m
Most teams can't name their company's priorities
A study of 180 leaders found 86% say their people cannot name top priorities. The problem is not communication, it's broken infrastructure.
The Next Web · 2m
Cook says he's not meddling with new Apple CEO Ternus
Tim Cook steps back from day-to-day operations but remains involved in policy work and supporting John Ternus's transition to the top job.
The Verge · 1m
Can Badenoch rebuild the Tories from opposition?
A year into her leadership, Kemi Badenoch has unified the Conservative Party around a Thatcher-inspired vision. But personal popularity has not yet translated into votes.
The Independent · 2m
ADWEEK's Agents of Change: Leading With Purpose to Reshape Our Industry
ADWEEK's 2026 Agents of Change award celebrates leaders reshaping marketing through purpose-driven action.
Adweek · 2m
Sundar Pichai's uncomfortable path to the top
Google's CEO says surrounding yourself with people better than you is the key to leadership success.
Fortune · 2m
I don't want the details
Leaders trust teams to fix problems without details.
Michaelheap · 1m
Twilio CEO handwrites notes to 80 leaders yearly
Khozema Shipchandler spends hours each year writing personalized notes to his leadership team, a ritual rooted in his own experience as a junior employee.
Business Insider · 1m
Buffett steps down, shares five decades of leadership wisdom
Warren Buffett gave up the Berkshire Hathaway chairmanship after 50 years, leaving behind hard-won lessons on humility, learning from mistakes, and knowing when to let go.
Business Insider · 2m
Fix your broken one-on-ones with your team
Leaders sabotage their most important meetings by skipping planning, allowing distractions, and failing to follow up on commitments.
Fastcompany · 1m
How Toast's CMO-COO juggles two jobs
Kelly Esten holds two C-suite roles by ruthlessly delegating and sharing information with her teams.
Fortune · 1m
Women face AI triple penalty as tech roles shift
Women face triple penalty in AI economy: job losses, underrepresentation in tech roles and leadership
Dailymail · 1m
Senior Engineers Are the Next DRAM Shortage
AI is eating junior engineering roles, but senior engineers are the next scarce resource, build your own to avoid price spikes.
Greg Herlein · 2m
Lyft CEO still drives to stay grounded
David Risher drives for Lyft every six weeks to understand why a late pickup can cost someone their job.
Fortune · 1m
Raphinha: from exit to captain
Barcelona's Brazilian forward nearly left two years ago. Now he's the league's best No 9, club captain, and the heart of a title-chasing team.
the Guardian · 4m
Greens clash over 'Zionism is racism' policy
The Green party's top-voted conference motion equating Zionism with racism puts leader Zack Polanski under pressure to take a public stance.
the Guardian · 1m
What Machiavelli Would Say About Trump
A Harvard professor applies Renaissance political theory to show how Trump violates nearly every principle of effective leadership.
Foreign Policy · 4m
Owen Chambliss leads Nebraska defense with command
The Huskers linebacker speaks with purpose and commands respect on the field, earning praise from his defensive coordinator.
Nebraska Cornhuskers On SI · 2m
What makes Zidane truly charismatic
The French football legend's quiet strength reveals how shyness and calm create real influence.
Psychologies · 1m
Leaders have influence but lack purpose
The leadership industry measures what leaders accumulate, not what improves because they lead.
Newsweek · 2m
Jared Curtis wins Vanderbilt's QB job by never flinching
The Commodores' new starter proved his mettle by staying composed through chaos and leading his team when it mattered most.
Vanderbilt Commodores · 2m
Pelosi and Pence's surprising embrace
Two political rivals received a historic award for putting country over party, moving business leaders to tears.
Fortune · 1m
CEOs are still betting on the leadership trait AI can't replace
At Yale's CEO summit, leaders celebrated human management skills even as AI transforms work.
Fortune · 1m
Oregon's Devon Jackson vows change after shocking upset loss
The linebacker took responsibility and revealed players held a meeting to get the Ducks back on track after losing to Oklahoma State.
Oregon Ducks On SI · 2m
Ryan Day's rule after the Texas collapse: no BCDE
Ohio State blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead in Austin, and its coach banned blaming, complaining and defending.
Newsweek · 1m
The CEO who won't say cut, cut, cut
Giffgaff's Kate Dohaney is betting that AI is a retraining problem, not a headcount problem.
Fortune · 1m
Connor Bedard gets the C at 21
Chicago hands its rebuild to a 21-year-old who was already the face of the franchise before he wore the letter.
Chicago Sun-Times · 2m
Govern, don't rule: Altman's YC lesson
Running Y Combinator taught Sam Altman he could never give orders, and that lesson now shapes how OpenAI handles governments, rivals, and investors.
Fortune · 2m
Assembly gets a new CEO for its next act
Liz Rutgersson takes over Stagwell's Assembly with a mandate to build what leadership keeps calling an agency for the future.
Adweek · 1m
Sarawak's premier says his time may be up
At 76, Abang Johari told a PBB convention that this could be his last term and that older leaders should step aside.
Malay Mail · 2m
Jensen Huang criticizes everything you show him
Nvidia's CEO runs a $5 trillion company on Taiwanese-parent feedback: nothing is ever good enough, and nobody quits.
Fortune · 1m
Fired at 39, a billionaire by morning
Mike Bloomberg gave 15 years to Salomon Brothers, got pushed out, and started building the next day.
Fortune · 2m
Why a 53-year-old CEO scrolls TikTok every day
Virgin Group's Josh Bayliss watches TikTok as a job requirement, not a habit, because the culture he sells into is being written by 20-somethings.
Fortune · 1m
Your team is grieving the work AI took
A grief expert says the quiet panic spreading through AI-heavy workplaces is mourning, and treating it as resistance makes it worse.
Fortune · 1m
Sophie Cunningham says the WNBA needs a commissioner with a backbone
The Fever guard explains what Cathy Engelbert missed, and what the next commissioner has to get right.
Newsweek · 1m
Gloria Steinem's antidote to fear was hope you act on
A woman who worked alongside Gloria Steinem for 30 years on what she actually taught, from a duffel bag to a basement meeting.
CNBC · 2m
AI should upgrade the job, not cut it
The boss of 17,000 health and beauty stores is measuring AI by customer love, not headcount saved.
Fortune · 1m
Lululemon's new CEO walks into a familiar fire
Heidi O'Neill left a struggling Nike for a Lululemon whose leggings just fell off a cliff.
Fortune · 2m · 5 views
The Confidence Code: Conviction Without the Ego
Six founders and executives on where real self-assurance comes from, and why the loudest person in the room rarely has it.
Maxim · 1m
Hilton's CMO checks out after 16 years
Mark Weinstein is leaving Hilton, closing a run that took him from senior marketing director to chief marketing officer.
Adweek · 1m
Seven CMO moves that reshuffled the week
Hilton lost its marketing chief, Accenture and Workday filled theirs, and Boston Beer finally ends a six-month vacancy.
Adweek · 1m
Automattic Board Forces CEO Matt Mullenweg Out
Automattic's board places founder Matt Mullenweg on leave following years of legal battles, layoffs, and internal turmoil.
TechCrunch · 1m · 6 views
