Leadership & Career

June is National Safety Month, but focusing on safety shouldn’t occur as a once-a-year initiative. According to the National Safety Council, a worker is injured on the job every seven seconds. The stakes go beyond compliance and liability.

A well-meaning Pride Month gesture can fall flat if it feels hollow. Team members can spot when inclusion is treated like a seasonal checkbox rather than a real value. Here’s how to make Pride Month meaningful for your team—and how to avoid performative missteps.

We’ve all been there: You learn that one of your top performers accepted another job. When four-letter words stop spinning through your head, start thinking about how you’ll address the emotional and practical needs of the rest of the team.

Teams everywhere get caught up in debates about small details, word choices and minor process tweaks while major market shifts happen around them. This tunnel vision isn’t a character flaw, but a natural response to heavy workloads and competing priorities. The question isn’t whether big-picture thi

The moment one team member questions why a colleague receives more recognition or lands a coveted assignment, that doubt begins to quietly spread through your team. Your response to these pivotal moments determines whether your team grows stronger or fractures—affecting not just individual morale bu

While devotees tout multitasking as a secret to success, they likely overestimate their “talent.” They might be doing more harm than good.

While it is rather common for companies to turn top performers into managers, the move poses challenges. Possessing industry skills and self-motivation does not necessarily translate into running a department and getting the best out of others. What actions can help a worker-turned-manager shine jus

It’s far from unusual for workplace matters to remain on a manager’s mind after business hours. A difference exists, though, between occasionally kicking around new ideas or problem-solving a bothersome situation and letting work take over your personal life. Such intrusions boost the risk of burnou

No manager wants to face an active-shooter situation, but the reality is that violence can happen in any workplace—including yours. It’s essential that, as a manager, you think about how you would handle sudden workplace violence. Amid chaos, employees look to their leaders for cues. Your forethough