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A content marketing employee recounts being placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP) and successfully meeting its requirements, even turning to a folk-magic 'conjuring oil' for help. Despite completing the PIP, the employee says they still ended up losing their job, prompting a reflection on what it really means to be 'good' at work.
A 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior paper by researchers Liana Kreamer, Steven Rogelberg and Jon Gray synthesizes decades of 'meeting science' findings. The review notes that nearly 1 billion meetings occur daily worldwide, with CEOs spending close to 75% of their workdays in them, and examines what makes meetings effective.
Researcher Michelle Gielan has released a new book, 'Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tough Times,' arguing that optimism should be treated as a learnable behavior rather than a fixed trait. She shares five key insights from the book aimed at helping people maintain a positive outlook during difficult periods.
Brian Chesky, Airbnb's cofounder and CEO, says he has largely moved away from email as a communication tool. He said he now favors voice memos, describing them as creating a 'deeper connection' and feeling less like work to respond to than written messages.
New research finds that employees worried about losing their jobs to artificial intelligence are increasingly acting out at work, including slacking off, arriving late, and even taking coworkers' lunches. The study ties this behavior directly to anxiety over AI adoption spreading across businesses.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that leaders who build small, consistent acknowledgment into daily work routines can significantly improve staff retention. The piece cites a finding that employees whose recognition is woven into everyday tasks are 26 times more likely to plan on staying with their company for another year, and recommends practices like a weekly 'thankful list' and noticing small efforts rather than only big wins.
A leadership commentary piece challenges the idea that top executives are inherently disciplined early risers and gym-goers. Instead, it argues that effective leaders rely on external structures or people that hold them accountable when willpower alone would fail. The piece frames discipline as a product of systems rather than innate character.
A commentary piece outlines five recurring ways people simulate leadership qualities without genuinely exercising them, and offers guidance on recognizing these patterns. The author argues that despite annual calls to reinvent leadership concepts, the underlying behaviors of genuine versus performative leadership remain largely unchanged.
A growing number of employees are reportedly turning down career advancement opportunities to avoid taking on added responsibility and stress, a behavior now being labeled 'ladderdodging.' The trend reflects workers prioritizing work-life balance and mental health over climbing the traditional corporate hierarchy.
An Entrepreneur contributor published a personal essay describing being publicly humiliated and called names by a former boss, timed around National Boss's Day. The piece outlines three recommended steps for employees facing a 'bully boss': refusing to normalize the behavior, documenting incidents with dates and witnesses, and understanding legal protections available to employees who speak up.
An Entrepreneur opinion piece cites Gallup's 2026 research finding that among workplaces that have adopted AI, 24% of employees reported their culture improved over the past year while 25% said it worsened. The author argues employees are adopting AI into daily work faster than companies can set policies or norms around its use, creating tradeoffs around speed versus critical thinking and other workplace habits.
Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2025 report found that managers drive 70% of the variance in employee engagement across teams. The report suggests that when employees disengage, leaders often respond by tightening control, a reaction commentators describe as common but usually ineffective.