The High Performer Trap: Why Your Best Employee Might Be Your Worst Leader Promoting your most efficient individual contributor into a leadership role often backfires. This is known as the high performer trap. While companies hope for strategic success, they often get disengaged teams, falling profi...

Simple Ways to Increase the Impact of Your Next Offsite Corporate offsites are back and bigger than ever. More companies are hosting at least one offsite per year compared to pre-pandemic times, with 40% of organizations now holding three or more annually. Budgets are rising, group sizes are growing...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a legal opinion that makes workplace discrimination harder to prove. This opinion targets how the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) handles hiring recommendations, arguing that some of those recommendations are unconstitutional. For worker...

Accountability fails not because of difficult employees, but because of fear. Leaders everywhere avoid holding people accountable, and that silence costs them trust, talent, and results. The real reason accountability fails is fear—fear of conflict, fear of defensiveness, and fear of making things w...

Is Ageism Stalling Your Job Search? Here's How to Find Out If you're in your 60s, recently laid off, and struggling to find work, you might wonder: Is this ageism? While age discrimination exists, it's rarely the only reason a job search gets stuck. The truth is, many job seekers of all ages are fac...

How Jalen Brunson Developed the Leadership Mindset That Changed New York Jalen Brunson didn't just become an NBA champion with the New York Knicks. He became the leader who carried an entire city on his shoulders. But how did the underrated point guard develop the mindset to lead a billion-dollar or...

Gen Z is redefining entrepreneurship by blending digital tools, multiple income streams, and a fresh approach to risk. While older generations faced high barriers to starting a business, today's young founders are leveraging AI and online networks to build successful ventures faster and more afforda...

Working From Home and Relationships: What the Research Says Working from home (WFH) has changed how we work, but new research reveals it can also strain your romantic relationship. The key factor? How you and your partner view boundaries between work and home life. A study published in the Journal o...

How to Set Boundaries at Work After Years of Saying Yes to Everything If you've always said yes to every request, volunteered for extra projects, and worked long hours, you may feel stuck. But you can learn how to set boundaries at work after years of saying yes to everything. It starts with small, ...

How to Set Boundaries at Work After Years of Saying Yes to Everything If you've always said yes to every request, volunteered for extra projects, and worked long hours, you may feel stuck. But you can learn how to set boundaries at work after years of saying yes to everything. It starts with small, ...

How Illinois Senate Bill 3777 Could Change Hiring Rules A new bill in Illinois, known as the Civil Rights Safeguard Act (Senate Bill 3777), could reshape how employers defend their hiring practices against disparate impact challenges. If signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, this law may become one of t...

Is an MBA Worth It? The Short Answer Is an MBA worth it? It depends on who you are. For some professionals, an MBA is a fast track to leadership, higher pay, and new opportunities. For others, it’s an expensive detour. The key is knowing which group you belong to. This article breaks down five types...