PIPs do more harm than good. In my 30-year HR career, here's the best alternative I've seen.

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Even if an employee successfully completes a performance-improvement plan, the underlying tension and strain on the relationship often persist.

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I got a job and immediately knew it wasn't a good fit. I quit in less than a year to take care of my mental health.

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Basant Shenouda said her toxic job taught her what to look for in a career and company.

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I was a personality hire. We get away with doing less work, but you can't deny our value to the office.

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Daniel Bennett explains why personality hires like himself are so important for companies.

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I'm Gen X, but sometimes I wish I wasn't. I admire Gen Z for speaking up in the workplace.

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A Harvard negotiation expert thinks we need to embrace more conflict at work

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Embracing conflict at work can increase job satisfaction, a negotiation expert says.

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Constantly pretending your boss's dumb jokes are funny can lead to emotional exhaustion and lower job satisfaction, academics found

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Laughing at your boss's terrible jokes is a corporate rite of passage, but it isn't good for you.

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Middle managers are feeling the squeeze and losing confidence in their employers amid layoffs, cost-cutting, and RTO mandates, Glassdoor finds

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Middle managers are at high risk of being laid off, experts say.

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It's 'not the job of a CEO' to comment on every political issue because it can divide employees, ex-Cisco CEO says

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John Chambers, former CEO and chairman of Cisco.

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Jeff Bezos says compromising with coworkers is actually a bad idea, because it 'doesn't lead to truth'

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Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origins.

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A simple workplace solution: flexibility

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