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Leaders who fail to recognise how they lead are harming their ability to create change for themselves and their organisation, according to a workplace culture expert.

A mentoring program that links junior employees to the company's founder is turbocharging engagement and giving participants crucial insights as to how a business is run, its HR leader says.

• Five focus areas for lifting EX for women
  
• The women who have to "act white" to progress at work
  
• Little progress on gender-balanced language
  
• More women are being hired into leadership roles
  
• How women feel about work and jobs

HR executives who are struggling to convince their CEOs to "get with the times" and embrace new ways of working shouldn't rely on data alone, as the resistance they face might have more to do with emotion, an expert says.

Most CEOs outside the IT function don't have high digital dexterity, and this is making them more likely to push for office returns, an HR advisor warns.

• People functions shedding HR "label"
  
• New roles for top people and culture leaders

Executive teams should regularly take stock of their own performance and alignment, but many don't, according to an expert who points to an "urgent" need for change.

Many leaders now feel like they're stuck on a "hamster wheel", and they're losing sight of their macro environment, a leadership specialist says.

The big shift in employee experience this year will be a focus on enablement, to address the growing level of friction workers are reporting in their jobs, an EX specialist says.

Organisations that unlock the "growth combination" of data, tech, and people can expect to gain an 11% top-line productivity premium, and CHROs will play a critical role, according to new Accenture research.