Dear Executives
Sophia RookAuthor of Dear Executives: Start Listening Two Levels Down. I write about workplace power, leadership blind spots, and what organizations miss when they stop listening to their strongest employees.
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Corporate Phantom Limb Syndrome: A 30-Day Blueprint for Inheriting a Traumatized Team
It might not happen as often as we’d like, but when a toxic leader does finally exit an organization, upper management usually sighs in relief, checks a box, and expects the department to immediately bounce back.
They are almost always wro...
How Toxic HR Leaders Build Executive Immunity & What To Do About Them
In May 2026, we explored the profound isolation of the “HR Paradox”—the structural trap that occurs when an HR professional’s toxic boss is the person who controls every formal channel for help. When the head of People & Culture is the abus...
Flatter Org Charts, Heavier Layoff Burdens
Across corporate America, a restructuring trend is radically redefining middle management. In a bid to flatten organizational charts and slash overhead, companies are systematically targeting what Uber recently classified as “micro-teams”—s...
The 6-Hour Wine Test: The Rise of Absurd Executive Gatekeeping
A high-profile CEO of a $25 billion company recently went viral after proudly declaring standard, objective job interviews a complete waste of time. Instead, he detailed his ultimate hiring weapon: dragging final-stage candidates through an...
Can You Train Away a Toxic CEO?
Whenever a major corporate culture scandal hits the headlines, I can usually predict the exact corporate script the board of directors will run before they even release their press statement.
On August 14, 2026, we got a textbook example o...
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