Leadership

How authority is exercised, decisions are made, and accountability (or avoidance) shows up in organisations.

Work Design & Careers

🤨 If Tom went on leave, would your team survive?

Dec 18, 2025

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9 min read

🤨 If Tom went on leave, would your team survive?

How capable employees end up carrying entire organisations and why that should worry leaders.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

Nov 19, 2025

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8 min read

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

What the Condé Nast blowup shows about fear, silence and the damage caused when leaders avoid hard conversations

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

📣 What Mamdani’s win says about the boss people actually want

Nov 13, 2025

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9 min read

📣 What Mamdani’s win says about the boss people actually want

His grassroots campaign wasn’t just political, it’s a case study in how belonging beats authority at work

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

👑 The Prince Andrew problem: why we protect toxic power

Oct 30, 2025

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8 min read

👑 The Prince Andrew problem: why we protect toxic power

Every workplace has its own “untouchable.” This is what happens when leaders protect the powerful and leave everyone else to clean up the mess.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

😒 “I don’t like you”: Why Trump can say it and you can’t

Oct 22, 2025

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9 min read

😒 “I don’t like you”: Why Trump can say it and you can’t

Honesty might feel good, but professionalism keeps the peace. Here’s how to stay cool when a coworker makes you want to lose it.

Frank Richardson

Leadership

Sep 11, 2025

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8 min read

🎾 The viral hat theft that became a leadership lesson

What a stolen hat at the US Open reveals about privilege, public shame, and the psychology of leadership.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

The boss vs the activist: Employee dissent on the clock

Sep 4, 2025

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8 min read

The boss vs the activist: Employee dissent on the clock

Companies are cracking down on workplace protests. But silencing the voice of employees risks trust, culture, and talent.

Frank Richardson

Future of Work

Aug 21, 2025

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8 min read

Nobody wants to be your manager

Inside the middle manager crisis and what it means for the future of work

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Aug 14, 2025

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8 min read

AT&T killed the workplace fairy tale

A leaked CEO memo says loyalty is dead. But was the “we’re a family” act ever anything more than corporate fan fiction?

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Caught on camera: When CEOs blur the lines

Jul 24, 2025

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6 min read

Caught on camera: When CEOs blur the lines

The Coldplay kiss cam moment that turned into an HR crisis - and what it says about leadership, trust, and workplace culture

Frank Richardson

Future of Work

Just popping in to be monitored: Hybrid work’s quiet surveillance

Jul 17, 2025

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7 min read

Just popping in to be monitored: Hybrid work’s quiet surveillance

From badge swipes to desk sensors, soft surveillance is creeping into hybrid work... and employees are clocking it.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Why the “real-life Michael Scott” is the boss we all want

Jul 10, 2025

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6 min read

Why the “real-life Michael Scott” is the boss we all want

What TikTok’s favourite boss reveals about trust, vulnerability and the power of imperfect leadership.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

🥊 When titans clash: What CEO feuds reveal about ego, identity & culture

Jun 12, 2025

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6 min read

🥊 When titans clash: What CEO feuds reveal about ego, identity & culture

Musk’s spat with Trump is peak drama. But there’s a deeper question for HR: what happens to culture when a leader's ego becomes the brand?

Frank Richardson

Leadership

'It is what it is'? Uber’s RTO fail is a lesson for leaders

May 15, 2025

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7 min read

'It is what it is'? Uber’s RTO fail is a lesson for leaders

Uber’s return-to-office policy has sparked employee backlash—revealing urgent lessons in change leadership, communication, and trust.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Inclusive workplaces after the Supreme Court ruling: New rules, same values

Apr 30, 2025

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6 min read

Inclusive workplaces after the Supreme Court ruling: New rules, same values

When definitions shift, real leaders double down on belonging. Here’s how to stay ahead.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

“We’re like a family” and other red flags

Apr 17, 2025

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6 min read

“We’re like a family” and other red flags

Why job ad language matters more than ever—and what candidates are really hearing.

Frank Richardson