Matthew Fray

A global executive survey shows talent retention and employee wellbeing topping leadership priorities in 2026, while company culture ranks last

The best negotiators are the most prepared in the room. Here's a three-step framework for being the most prepared

Modern workplaces reward speed and constant responsiveness, but much of today’s urgency is manufactured rather than real

Oracle’s mass layoffs sparked conversation about how companies deliver bad news—and why honest communication matters more than perfect messaging

From a viral McDonald’s marketing stumble to historic corporate scandals, today’s backlash economy runs on authenticity, accountability, and trust

Employees are expected to bring bold ideas but fear career consequences if they fail. Here’s why workplace culture often suppresses creativity

Members of Generation Z are now in their late 20s — and they're climbing the corporate ladder with their own expectations about the workplace

What can we learn from Apple's incredible run over the second half of the company’s history?

Women, who make up half of all workplace managers, are significantly more likely than men to experience microaggressions that undermine their competence

Businesses tend to overinvest in what already works, which can weaken adaptation over time. Success and stability can set up some organizations for failure

Leadership turnover, restructuring, and weak knowledge management systems can erase organizational memory, forcing companies to relearn the same lessons

Discover why being right can silence teams, erode psychological safety, and quietly tank performance

From strategic drift and decision fog to reactive leadership, here’s how leaders lose pull, and steps experts say can restore credibility and trust

Unexpressed needs in the workplace signal broken culture, not employee failure. Here's how to make it better

Meetings are the price we pay for unclear thinking and ambiguous communication. Writing — clear, thoughtful writing — has become a leadership power skill

The real battle for talent might not be about remote versus in-office work anymore. Now it's about time autonomy

Multiple studies show companies with happier employees deliver stronger long-term returns, proving worker morale has real financial impact

U.S. middle management job postings were about 42% lower in late 2025 than at their April 2022 peak, according to Revelio Labs.

Gen Z is redefining promotions and leadership, as 40% of Gen Zers only want promotions if they don’t involve becoming a manager

The need for the primary functions of middle managers is as strong as ever. But while middle management isn’t disappearing, it is being reinvented

Quiet consistency beats flashy performance: the routine, often undesirable, frequently boring behaviors that improve the lives of customers and managers

It’s a predictable response to unclear priorities, depleted energy, and restarting internal systems without recalibrating them first

Leaders often reach for familiar explanations and fixes. But this misdiagnosis frames end-of-year burnout as seasonal laziness or a motivation gap

Once a metric is used as a goal for performance, people may change their behavior to optimize for the metric itself — which often undermines the point