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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Employees Don’t Hate HR. They Hate What HR Has Taught Them to Expect.
A recent Fast Company article by Jay Woodruff asks why so many employees still distrust HR and the numbers are hard to ignore.
In LinkedIn polls of more than 1,500 people, 51% said HR was not responsive when they brought forward a concern....
The Polite Poison: What Cross-Functional Workforce Data Tells Us About Toxic Culture
Whenever a new wave of corporate workforce data comes out, my inbox lights up with variations of the exact same question: “How do I know if my company is actually toxic, or if we are just going through a rough patch?”
It is a fair question...
Corporate PTSD Walks In With Your New Hires
When someone comes back to work after a toxic boss, they do not arrive “fresh.” They bring stress habits, fear, and a very specific picture of what happens when things go wrong.
Toxic leadership is common. Recent data shows nearly 7 in 10...
When Toxic Leaders Look Successful on Paper
Some of the worst workplaces today are posting very good numbers. That is the problem this post is about.
In 2026, new data shows that companies with toxic cultures often report strong financial growth, sometimes at twice the rate of healt...
We Let You Go for AI. Then We Put Your Job Back on the Market.
There is a particular kind of corporate insult that deserves more attention than it gets.
A company eliminates your role. Leadership points to AI. The message is some version of the same thing: the work is changing, the business is evolvin...
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