The Newsroom.
Evidence from the world’s research and reporting on the domestication of leaders, summarised and filed against the questions leaders actually ask. Chosen and read by Magnus Wood.
Why does my leadership team never disagree with me?
Your team never disagrees with you because disagreement has a price and they have all done the arithmetic.
- Leader secrecy linked to less staff voice Journal of Organizational Behavior, 5 Sep 2026
- Survey links coerced allegiance to suppressed disagreement MIT Sloan Management Review, 1 Sep 2026
- Leadership teams stayed silent as executives’ worries grew MIT Sloan Management Review, 1 Sep 2026
- Board chairs and members disagree on inclusion MIT Sloan Management Review, 19 Aug 2026
- HBR warns niceness culture blunts leadership candour Harvard Business Review, 19 Aug 2026
- CEO describes risk-averse culture blocking dissent Harvard Business Review, 4 Aug 2026
- AI lifts individual ideas, narrows group variety MIT Sloan Management Review, 9 Jul 2026
I became a CEO and feel like I'm performing leadership rather than doing it. Why?
You feel like you are performing because much of what you bring to the role is a performance.
- Study finds CEOs shape less of company success than assumed Harvard Business Review, 1 Sep 2026
Why do successful executives lose their edge as they get more senior?
Edge is not lost with seniority.
- Leading on time costs leaders their own energy Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26 Aug 2026
- Expert focus can mask fresh insight, study finds MIT Sloan Management Review, 5 Aug 2026
- Study flags erosion of leaders’ deeper thinking capacities MIT Sloan Management Review, 7 Jul 2026