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The Benefits Breaking Point: Rising Health Costs, the GLP-1 Dilemma, and How Leaders Can Keep Coverage Affordable, Fair, and Worth Having
Abstract: Employer-sponsored health coverage, which protects almost 157 million Americans under 65, is under acute strain. KFF's 2026 Employer Health Benefits Survey finds that workers now contribute an average of $7,471 a year toward family coverage, up 9% in a single year, while total family ...
Out of the Shadows: Why Employees Are Using Unsanctioned AI at Work, and How Leaders Can Turn Hidden Experimentation Into Governed Capability
Abstract: Employees are adopting generative artificial intelligence faster than their organizations can approve, secure, or support it, producing widespread "shadow AI": the use of unsanctioned AI tools for work. This article synthesizes recent survey evidence from 2024 to 2026, breach-cost res...
Enrich, Don’t Extract: Why Selling AI as a Productivity Tool Backfires, and How Leaders Can Introduce AI as a Path to More Meaningful Work
Abstract: Organizations are investing heavily in generative AI, yet many deployments stall at shallow, defensive use. This article examines new field research from Stanford, Virginia, and Dartmouth showing that how managers frame AI shapes whether employees embrace it: in a law firm, a division...
Working From Somewhere: Hidden Remote Work Abroad, the Location Compliance Gap, and How Leaders Can Replace Secrecy With Sanctioned Flexibility
Abstract: A growing share of remote employees work from places their employers do not know about. G-P’s 2026 World at Work Report, released in October 2026, found that 93 percent of business leaders were confident their distributed workforce complied with local tax and labor laws, while 28 perc...
The Second Paycheck: Side Hustles, Moonlighting, and How Leaders Can Govern Multiple Jobholding Without Losing Trust
Abstract: Holding more than one job has moved from the margins of working life toward its mainstream. G-P's 2026 World at Work Report, a survey of 7,100 executives and professionals in six countries, finds that 43% of employees already have a secondary income stream and 31% are considering one,...
The Targeted Raise: Flat Pay Budgets, the Retreat From Across-the-Board Increases, and How Leaders Can Differentiate Pay Without Breaking Trust
Abstract: As organizations finalize 2027 compensation plans, U.S. salary increase budgets have settled at roughly 3.5% for a second consecutive year, while employers are moving away from uniform, across-the-board raises toward targeted increases for top performers, scarce skills such as artific...
The Redesign Dividend: Why Most Organizations Still Aren't Getting Value From AI, and How Leaders Can Redesign Work for a Human-Agent Workforce
Abstract: Despite several years of heavy investment in generative and agentic artificial intelligence, most organizations report little enterprise-level value. Recent surveys of chief information officers and chief executives show that only a small minority of enterprises have realized signific...
Running on Empty: Leader Depletion, the Lukewarm Middle, and How Organizations Can Restore Leadership Capacity
Abstract: Organizations have spent years asking leaders to carry employees through restructuring, technological disruption, and economic uncertainty, while paying comparatively little attention to the condition of the leaders themselves. Recent evidence suggests that the reserve is running low....
Mind the Say-Do Gap: HR Whitewashing, Policy-Practice Decoupling, and How Leaders Can Make People Commitments Real
Abstract: Organizations increasingly publish commitments on wellbeing, inclusion, values, flexibility, and development, yet employees often experience something different in daily work. This article examines "HR whitewashing," a term recently introduced to describe symbolic HR signalling that i...
Phantom Openings: Ghost Job Postings, the New Disclosure Laws, and How Leaders Can Restore Honesty to Hiring
Abstract: Ghost job postings, meaning advertisements for roles an employer does not intend to fill soon or at all, have moved from a job-seeker complaint to a regulatory and reputational issue. This article reviews survey, platform, and labor-market evidence on how common ghost postings are. It...