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Sophia Rook ♟️Author 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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The Trouble With Unchecked HR Power
Fast Company recently ran a piece on Ryan Breslow, the CEO of Bolt, and his decision to fire his HR team. At Fortune’s Workforce Innovation Summit, he said, “We had an HR team, and that HR team was creating problems that didn’t exist. Those...
Disappearing Colleagues and Denied Layoffs
The One-by-One Layoff Pattern
When layoffs hit the news, people picture a big all‑hands, a long email, or a press release.
But a lot of companies are doing something else.
They don’t run a clear reduction in force.
They chip away...
When Your Toxic Boss Runs HR: The Most Isolating Job in the Company
There is a lot of conversation about HR “protecting the company, not the employee.” People trade stories about complaints that went nowhere or investigations that stopped at the first sign of discomfort. That territory is well covered.
Thi...
Beyond the 2026 Toxic Leadership Trends: What Leaders Still Don’t Get
Four months after writing about toxic leadership trends, here’s what the data — and the stories — still aren’t capturing.
A few months ago, I wrote about eight workplace trends that are quietly shaping toxic leadership in 2026. Layoffs, AI...
The Emotionally Intelligent Guide to Revenge at Work
We’re living through a moment where almost everyone thinks their workplace is toxic. The data backs it up—a recent Monster survey found that nearly 50% of U.S. workers admit to “revenge quitting” a job abruptly, and 87% believe it’s complet...
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