Think Track

09/03/2026

Insight into why leaders struggle with negative feedback.

08/09/2026

Food for thought. Think Track books can help you achieve your employment goals

Here are some legitimate reasons to pass on joining the Great Resignation.

08/09/2026

Foot for thought. Think Track books can help you achieve your employment goals.

Here are some legitimate reasons to pass on joining the Great Resignation.

08/09/2026

Food for thought. Think Track books can help you achieve your employment goals.

Here are some legitimate reasons to pass on joining the Great Resignation.

05/31/2026

Extract from May 27th HBJ article Research: As Careers Get Longer, Midcareer Work Needs to Change
by Lynda Gratton

“A mindset shift: Leaders and organizations need to start thinking of mid-career as not a period of stability but a phase in which recalibration is both necessary and expected. The question for leaders is: Are we making it easier for people to move before they feel compelled to escape?

Longevity is changing the shape of working life, and nowhere is that more visible than in the pivotal 40s. What looks like burnout is often something deeper: people trying to sustain decades-long careers using assumptions built for much shorter ones. Organizations that understand this will not simply support employees through mid-career—they will redesign work so that people can continue to grow, adapt, and contribute across a far longer future.”

Full Auricle:

https://hbr.org/2026/05/research-as-careers-get-longer-midcareer-work-needs-to-change?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_&deliveryName=NL_DailyAlert_20260528

05/12/2026

Here’s some helpful insight for retaining key employees.

Employee retention improves when leaders design a clear, purposeful system that reduces friction, cuts confusion and connects work to impact.

03/05/2026

https://hbr.org/2026/03/research-how-ai-is-changing-the-labor-market?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_&deliveryName=NL_DailyAlert_20260305

There’s been much speculation (but little evidence) regarding AI’s potential to eliminate jobs and radically alter the labor market in the U.S. and abroad. A new study sheds some early light on how the new technology has impacted the U.S. market: in it, researchers find evidence that generative ...

02/27/2026

This newspaper article clearly notes the importance of a person promoting their soft skills during an employment search.

Fort Worth employers say it’s harder to find workers with soft skills such as problem-solving or managing other people’s emotions, according to a recent...

02/20/2026

A July 2024 Gartner survey of 3,529 employees found that only 38% reported satisfaction with the quality of their manager, and just over half reported that they trust their manager.

One in four managers would prefer not to be people managers at all. Why the reluctance? Many of these managers found themselves in the role without knowing much about it beforehand, with less than a third reporting exposure to simulations, mentorship, or opportunities to gauge whether they were suit...

02/18/2026

Does your personality impact your career success?

Personality change does not happen through insight alone, but through repeated behavioral experiments that gradually recalibrate habits.