September 30, 2024 Employees see benefits of AI and automation but want their bosses to prioritize upskilling: MIT study New research funded by Amazon but conducted independently by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks at AI from the worker’s perspective. BY Sam Becker Is AI going to take your job? Getting replaced by automation may be … Continue reading Employees see benefits of AI and automation but want their bosses to prioritize upskilling: MIT study
August 04, 2024 What do good bosses have in common? Good leaders might look different depending on industry or role. But they have certain key traits in common, say experts. BY Julia Herbst Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week … Continue reading What do good bosses have in common?
July 08, 2024 Toxic bosses who get away with being awful share one key trait According to a new study, people are more okay with abusive management in these cases. BY Shalene Gupta What’s the line between what people view as an abusive boss versus one who simply dishes out “tough love”? According to a … Continue reading Toxic bosses who get away with being awful share one key trait
March 12, 2024 Bosses, your company is not as highly trusted as you think it is A wide-ranging new survey from PwC shows top executives are increasingly out of touch when it comes to trust from their customers and employees. BY Shalene Gupta To paraphrase the Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, virtually every transaction has … Continue reading Bosses, your company is not as highly trusted as you think it is
By Stephanie Vozza Is your current boss the worst one you’ve ever had? One in four people say “yes,” according to research from the employee survey and analytics provider Perceptyx. If you’re not among that group, chances are one of your friends is. So, are there more bad bosses out there or are people just … Continue reading These are the 3 things the worst bosses do
By Michael Grothaus June 23, 2023 A new survey from Intuit QuickBooks shows that many small business owners are eager to turn to AI tools to help run and streamline parts of their business. The driver behind this willingness to turn to AI is a lack of time, with 35% of small businesses saying … Continue reading AI for small business: Bosses want to automate these 5 tasks
By Sarah Bregel March 24, 2023 Laxman Narasimhan, the incoming chief executive of Starbucks Corporation, just did something that might make you feel a little better about your $9 latte habit. In an email to employees, he vowed to work in the cafes, making drinks and ringing up orders. “To keep us close … Continue reading Starbucks’s new CEO is getting experience as a barista. What if more bosses did that?
By Jennifer Alsever February 24, 2023 Tech companies laid off more than 108,000 people in the past two months, amid an economy marked by severe labor shortages that for the past two years put employees firmly in the driver’s seat. Now some workers speculate that the job cuts could be a veiled power grab … Continue reading Tech layoffs: Are they a necessary evil or a control tactic for bosses to regain power?
By Kim Kelly December 27, 2022 Looking back, 2022 was a huge year for the American labor movement, one in which public support for unions jumped to a record high and thousands of workers mobilized to win higher wages, better working conditions, and the benefits of a union. The welcome burst of energy that … Continue reading The worst bosses of 2022 are exactly who you’d expect
By Gwen Moran May 30, 2022 Warning: This piece has spoilers from television shows and movies, including The Office, The Devil Wears Prada, Succession, Severance, Working Girl, blackish, and Office Space. Bad bosses. We’ve all had them. In fact, they’re so common that they’re regularly characters in the movies and television … Continue reading 7 Leadership lessons from Pop Culture’s Worst Bosses
